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confessed definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb confess Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb confess Entailment of verb confess Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb confess 3 senses of confess Sense 1 confess, squeal, shrive => admit acknowledge Sense 2 concede, profess, confess => admit acknowledge Sense 3 confess => admit acknowledge Familiarity of verb confess confess used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb confess Sense 1 confess, squeal, shrive => admit acknowledge -------------- Sense 2 concede, profess, confess => admit acknowledge -------------- Sense 3 confess => admit acknowledge -------------- Grep of noun confessed unconfessed Overview of verb confess The verb confess has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (10) confess, squeal, shrive -- (confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure) 2. (3) concede, profess, confess -- (make a clean breast of "She confessed that she had taken the money") 3. confess -- (confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith) Overview of adj confessed The adj confessed has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. admitted, conceded, confessed, self-confessed -- (owned up to "his admitted doubts"; "the conceded error"; "a confessed murderer"; "a self-confessed plagiarist") Antonyms of adj confessed 1 sense of confessed Sense 1 admitted(postnominal), conceded(postnominal), confessed(postnominal), self-confessed(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA acknowledged) -> unacknowledged Similarity of adj confessed 1 sense of confessed Sense 1 admitted(postnominal), conceded(postnominal), confessed(postnominal), self-confessed(postnominal) => acknowledged (vs. unacknowledged) Attributes of adj confessed Familiarity of adj confessed confessed used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj confessed confessed self-confessed unconfessed Overview of verb confess The verb confess has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (10) confess, squeal, shrive -- (confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure) 2. (3) concede, profess, confess -- (make a clean breast of "She confessed that she had taken the money") 3. confess -- (confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith) Overview of adj confessed The adj confessed has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. admitted, conceded, confessed, self-confessed -- (owned up to "his admitted doubts"; "the conceded error"; "a confessed murderer"; "a self-confessed plagiarist")
confessed definition
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