1) Acknowledged 2) Confessed 3) Confirmed 4) Declared 5) Declared frankly 6) Declared openly 7) Openly declared 8) Openly declared as such 9) Openly swore 10) Openly sworn 11) Owned 12) Owned up to 13) Professed 14) Self-confessed 15) Self-proclaimed 16) Stated firmly 17) Stated openly 18) Swore 19) Sworn 1) Declared 2) Professed 3) Sworn 
• (a.) Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted. • (imp. & p. p.) of Avow
A·vowed' adjective Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted. -- 
acknowledged; declared: an avowed enemy.