confessed

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confessed

  • /kənˈfɛst/

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of confess

adjective

  1. not comparable Which one admits or avows. I saw you thought me foolish, and I knew that mamma and papa's plans could not be altered to please my fancy, and that my confessed distaste to them would give pain to both: therefore, I concealed my dislike, […]

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Closest in meaning: self-confessed, acknowledged, admitted, conceded, avowed, declared, approved, pleaded, recognition, stated, recognized, broken, recognised, pled, claimed, told

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@misc{confessed_2026,
  title = {confessed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/confessed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}