Unconfess

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To retract a confession. ambitransitive, rare

    "'It's no good trying to unconfess what three sessions of Auditing have uncovered. That boy is a devil.'"

Example

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"'It's no good trying to unconfess what three sessions of Auditing have uncovered. That boy is a devil.'"

Etymology

From un- + confess.

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