Avowed

Word AVOWED
Character 6
Hyphenation a vowed
Pronunciations /əˈvaʊd/

Definitions and meanings of "Avowed"

What do we mean by avowed?

Openly declared or publicly acknowledged. adjective

Declared; open.

Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted. adjective

Simple past tense and past participle of avow. verb

Openly acknowledged adjective

Positively stated adjective

Asserted under oath, or vow adjective

Openly declared as such adjective

To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.

To bind or devote by a vow.

To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.

"We cannot know with certainty if God or Christ exist. They could. Then again there could be a giant reptilian bird in charge of everything. Can we be certain there isn't? No, so it's pointless to talk about." Urban Dictionary

Cyborg Dj from a distant galaxy. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Avowed

The word "avowed" in example sentences

“Actually, I’ve been known to be witty for a full ten minutes,” Gawain avowed with a lift of his eyebrows. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The reclaimed faithful need only forgo the ordination of women and of (I think I should here add the word avowed) homosexuals. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It is why Israelis recently voted in right winger Binyamin Netanyahu and why he, in turn, was compelled to name avowed racist Avigdor Lieberman, founder of far-right Yisrael Beitenu (Israel Our Home party, whose electoral base are the immigrants from the former Soviet Union) as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of Israel. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Lordships, -- that is, his avowed appointment of spies and under-agents, who shall carry on the real state business, while there are public and ostensible agents who are not in the secret. ❋ Edmund Burke (1763)

There is a rally waiting for you – 'avowed' protectors of our Constitution and our civil liberties (yeah sure) - in front of the offices of Marco "Amex" Rubio!!! ❋ Unknown (2010)

Obama is not an "avowed" Marxist and I'll bet next month's rent that you cannot define Marxism. ❋ Unknown (2010)

GCHQ's cover was blown by Time Out in 1976, but it was only officially "avowed" in 1982 when Geoffrey Prime, a former linguist at GCHQ, was jailed for 38 years for passing secrets to the Russians over a 14-year period. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I especially like the distinction between the "avowed" state, whether in the form of marriage or consecrated life, and the charism of freedom that characterizes the state of those who are called to singlehood. ❋ Mike L (2005)

Both consecrated and married life are "avowed" forms of vocation: they are constituted by specific promises. ❋ Mike L (2005)

But for the Christian belief system, Anthony could be an "avowed" Buddhist... ❋ Mumon (2004)

The city of Philadelphia wants to end its $1-a-year lease to the local Boy Scouts chapter unless it rejects a Boy Scouts of America policy banning "avowed" gays. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I have at least sufficient intelligence to recall the avowed object of their crime, -- the restoration of the Delgrado line. " ❋ Louis Tracy (1895)

While very few of our respondents will know someone who is an avowed atheist, odds are high that many probably most will have friends, neighbors, and family who are simply not religious.20 ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

This pattern is hardly surprising in the case of “avowed homosexuals” and “somebody who is against all churches and religion,” for tolerance of those groups is a tougher test for religiously devout people than for secular people. ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

In 1980 in the midst of the first aftershock, with Jimmy Carter, a progressive evangelical, on the ballot, of all voters who said that it made a difference to them if a presidential candidate was an avowed evangelical, twice as many said that it would make them more likely to vote for that candidate as said it would make them less likely. ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

"[I just] [started] following the Agnostic Avowal." ❋ Radio-Active Vanilla Drink (2011)

Avow [absolutely] [killed] his [set] last night! ❋ Cyborg 808 (2021)

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