unbosom
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
un- + bosom (“‘the seat of emotions’”).
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[edit] Verb
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to unbosom (third-person singular simple present unbosoms, present participle unbosoming, simple past and past participle unbosomed)
- (archaic) To tell someone about one's troubles, and thus obtain relief.
- 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt
- Watt was not the first to whom Mr Graves had unbosomed himself, in this connexion. For he had unbosomed himself to Arsene, many years before...
- 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt
- (archaic) To confess a misdeed.
[edit] Translations
to tell about one's troubles
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to confess a misdeed
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