Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of confess
adjectiveconfessed (not comparable)
- not comparableWhich one admits or avows.
I saw you thought me foolish, and I knew that mamma and papa's plans could not be altered to please my fancy, and that my confessed distaste to them would give pain to both: therefore, I concealed my dislike, […]
1858, Grace Aguilar, The Mother's Recompense: a Sequel to Home Influence, page 1
Translations
Latin cōnfessus
- cōnfessuswhich one admits
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