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1. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive
   "for your own use"; "do your own thing"; "she makes her own clothes"
   - ain [UK, dialect]

1. Have ownership or possession of
   "He owns three houses in Florida"
   - have, possess
    
2. Admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
   "the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting"
   - make a clean breast of, own up, fess up, cop to [N. Amer], come clean, cop [N. Amer], fess

1. That belonging to a specified person
   "she would like a car of her own"

Derived forms: owning, owned, owns

See also: owner, personal

Type of: concede, confess, profess

Encyclopedia: Own