avowed

[ uh-voud ]

/ əˈvaʊd /

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acknowledged; declared: an avowed enemy.

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

a·vow·ed·ly

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

While its origins began as a film program 15 years ago, the name change builds on what university officials described as an avowed effort to advance diversity and inclusivity.
Arizona State University Names New American Film School After Sidney Poitier|Brande Victorian|February 2, 2021|Essence.com
It’s enough, in other words, to make an avowed supplement skeptic wonder whether he should reconsider his skepticism.
Reevaluating Vitamin D as a Sports Supplement|Alex Hutchinson|January 20, 2021|Outside Online
Other phrases, of a morbid tenderness, seem like music whispering consolation for unavowed sorrows and irremediable despair.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life|Thophile Gautier
This unavowed change in the constitution settled the sphere of political action open to the crown.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt

That is an unnecessary confession, but I could not be satisfied to insert the record here, with my vanity unavowed.
The Promised Land|Mary Antin
Baseless as the 'discretion' theory may be, it has a strong unavowed influence.
The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I.|Sir Leslie Stephen
And we need not fear that this instinctive and unavowed prepossession will turn the scientist aside from the search for the true.
Major Prophets of To-Day|Edwin E. Slosson