Etymology

pro confesso

Today it means: As if an offence had been confessed or admitted. Full definition →

Latin prō cōnfessō
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromprō cōnfessō“as, instead of it being confessed”
  2. English todaypro confesso

Borrowed from Latin prō cōnfessō (“as, instead of it being confessed”).

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