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SELF-CONFESSED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does self-confessed mean?
• SELF-CONFESSED (adjective)
The adjective SELF-CONFESSED has 1 sense:
1. owned up to
Familiarity information: SELF-CONFESSED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Owned up to
Context example:
a self-confessed plagiarist
Similar:
acknowledged (recognized or made known or admitted)
Context examples
What more do you want? The fellow is a self-confessed humbug.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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