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Adjective avowed has 1 sense
- avowed, professed - openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist"
Antonym: undeclared (indirect, via declared)
Verb avow has 2 senses
- affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear - to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
--1 is one way to declare
Sample sentence:
They avow that there was a traffic accident
- avow, avouch - admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
--2 is one way to admit, acknowledge
Antonyms: disavow
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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