confess
verb (used with object)
to acknowledge or avow (a fault, crime, misdeed, weakness, etc.) by way of revelation.
half-confessed
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a word derived from
confess.
Example Sentences
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Midseason, the priest he half-confessed to in the first episode offers his ear once again, in case Murdock wants to tell his secret, but Murdock plays coy.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2015
For candour's want yet neither blame; Even to ourselves but half-confessed, Glows in each heart some silent flame, Blooms some hope-violet of the breast.
From An Anthology of Australian Verse by Stevens, Bertram
The man in scarlet, moved by amazement and a half-confessed interest in the man he had seen disappear, ran down the Mount and after the crowd.
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth
Nevertheless, he experienced a gnawing uncertainty, amounting to a half-confessed dread.
From Success A Novel by Adams, Samuel Hopkins
She had dropped the impish mischief of her way, and up from beneath it rose a wistful, visionary tenderness; a mighty half-confessed, half-concealed, striving for unknown things.
From The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)
