Meaning & use
Confessed
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Admitted or acknowledged something, especially a fault, crime, or wrongdoing.
See it in a sentence
The suspect confessed to the robbery after hours of questioning.
She confessed that she had never actually read the book she praised so highly.
A note on using this word
As an adjective, 'confessed' can also describe someone openly identifying as something, as in 'a confessed chocoholic,' without necessarily implying wrongdoing.
Words with a similar meaning
admittedacknowledged
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Words with an opposite meaning
deniedconcealed
Another way to use it
2. adjective
Openly admitted to being or liking something, often self-deprecatingly.
He is a confessed workaholic who rarely takes vacation days.
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