confessed
Americanadjective
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openly admitted; declared to be true.
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Christianity. having confessed one's sins for absolution.
Other Word Forms
- confessedly adverb
- self-confessed adjective
- self-confessedly adverb
- unconfessed adjective
Example Sentences
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Or, as the writer John Updike once confessed, “I don’t like meat to look like animals. I prefer it in the form of sausages, hamburgers and meat loaf, far removed from the living thing.”
And Lambert confessed that her experience made her work harder to build a better life for herself.
From MarketWatch
She confessed to harboring a top-secret method that has never failed her.
I confessed to Voorhees that I completely misread the direction this country was heading back when the first Black president in history termed out in 2016.
From Los Angeles Times
“I don’t know how to make friends,” I confessed.
From Literature
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