avowed (adj.)

• accepted
• acknowledged
• alleged
• allowed
• announced
• approved
• asserted
• attested
• authenticated
• certified
• claimed
• confessed
• confirmed
• declared
• granted
• hypocritical
• ostensible
• pledged
• pretended
• professed
• pronounced
• ratified
• received
• recognized
• sealed
• signed
• so-called
• specious
• stated
• sworn
• validated
• vowed
• warranted