professed
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Admitting & confessing
acknowledge something as something
acknowledgedly
acknowledgment
admission of guilt
admittedly
avowedly
breastbeating
clean
climb down
come cleanidiom
concede
confess
hand
retraction
self-admittedly
self-confessedly
self-confession
stand
swallow your wordsidiom
take something back
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Announcing, informing & stating
Related word
avowedly
avowed | American Dictionary
avowed
adjective
us/əˈvɑʊd/
stated or admitted:
an avowed enemy
avowedly
adverbus/əˈvɑʊ·ɪd·li/
an avowedly old-fashioned teacher