Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective According to one's own admission.
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- adjective According to a person's own
confession oradmission
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective owned up to
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Examples
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talk show host, criticizing the American and European media for labeling self-confessed Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring-Breivika as a Christian extremist, despite the killer's multiple oral and written claims to believe in Christianity
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For a self-confessed illiterate, this is about as close as most engineers (me) get to science in the English language.
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The tears of a self-confessed stoic will always grab the headlines, but it should be noted that this match was extraordinarily absorbing, with Rezaï producing shots of unplayable depth.
Victorious Serena Fails to Ward Off Tears Alyson Rudd 2011
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An eyewear designer and self-confessed neat freak revamps a Los Angeles-area home.
Obsessive-Compulsive Design Juliet Chung 2011
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The prop, who is a self-confessed Take That fan, wrote in his book: I know I sound like an old git, but a message I'd like to give kids starting out as professionals today is how vital it is that they put some money away.
Phil Vickery calls time on playing career Paul Rees 2010
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"The 'work hard, get good grades and go to college to get a job' mantra is dead," says twenty-something self-confessed hustler Scott Gerber, author of Never Get a "Real" Job: How To Dump Your Boss, Build a Business and Not Go Broke (Wiley, December 2010).
Emily Bennington: 'Entitled' to What, Being Unemployed? Emily Bennington 2010
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I won't comment on his self-confessed psychological flaws as that would force me to include similar comments on that other nutter, Derek Draper.
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On the few occasions he has to bat, Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey, a self-confessed Star Wars nut, borrows his walk out music from Darth Vader—the Imperial March by John Williams.
A Player's Big Decision: Intro Music Joshua Robinson 2011
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"The 'work hard, get good grades and go to college to get a job' mantra is dead," says twenty-something self-confessed hustler Scott Gerber, author of Never Get a "Real" Job: How To Dump Your Boss, Build a Business and Not Go Broke (Wiley, December 2010).
Emily Bennington: 'Entitled' to What, Being Unemployed? Emily Bennington 2010
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The Secret Millionaire9pm, Channel 4Chris Brown is a gadget-obsessed, self-confessed geek who has made millions from his travel website, but lives an unostentatious, family-based lifestyle and wants to put his wealth to good use.
The weekend's TV highlights Martin Skegg 2010
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