Self-acknowledged; openly declared or avowed by oneself; confessed. Sometimes with connotations of falsehood or insincerity, and hence: alleged…

Self-acknowledged, declared by himself.

Of or relating to a profession or declaration; that is avowedly (but sometimes falsely) the thing specified; professed. Obsolete.

Of a person: that has openly admitted to being the specified thing; (also of a quality, action, etc.) that has been openly admitted to by the…