confessed
Americanadjective
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openly admitted; declared to be true.
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Christianity. having confessed one's sins for absolution.
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“Then he confessed again. Then he recanted again. He confessed again. He recanted again. Confessed again. Recanted again.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2021
Barack Obama Confessed to the Dalai Lama That meditating on some remote cliff Was looking increasingly terrif.
From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2015
In 1957, Bryant saved Confessed Rapist Andrew Mallory from death by winning a unanimous Supreme Court decision that federal prisoners must be arraigned without delay.
From Time Magazine Archive
Confessed loose-lipped Rivera: "I got kicked out for shooting off my mouth."
From Time Magazine Archive
Confessed he had hoped for years to encounter her, but had begun to despair.
From The Tracer of Lost Persons by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
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