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self-confessed
adj. openly admitting oneself to be (a self-confessed thief).
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ˌself-conˈfessed
[
self-confessed
]
adjective
only before noun
admitting that you are a particular type of person or have a particular problem, especially a bad one
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a self-confessed thief
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