avowed

[ uh-voud ]

/ əˈvaʊd /

acknowledged; declared: an avowed enemy.

Nearby words

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at avow, -ed²

Related formsa·vow·ed·ly

[uh-vou-id-lee] /əˈvaʊ ɪd li/, adverba·vow·ed·ness, nounself-a·vowed, adjectiveun·a·vowed, adjective

In the summer of 1897, the act was at last repealed, but always with the unavowed intention of re-enacting it in another form.
Boer Politics|Yves Guyot
If some of the other translations are less altered, the imitations and unavowed adaptations are much more so.
Tragedy|Ashley H. Thorndike
Her pursuit of a man, unavowed, bold, is the story of the play.
Iconoclasts|James Huneker
Yes, that indeed was his unavowed dream, the ambition he dared not confess to himself.
His Masterpiece|Emile Zola

The topics to which it wanders are unavowed and hence intellectually illicit; transactions with them are furtive.
Democracy and Education|John Dewey