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Confess
kənˈfɛs
Confess definitions
verb
confess
confessed
confesses
confessing
- admit that one has committed a crime or done something wrong
"he confessed that he had attacked the old man"
admit acknowledge reveal make known disclose divulge make public avow declare blurt out profess own up to tell all about bring into the open bring to light own up admit guilt plead guilty accept blame/responsibility be completely honest tell the truth tell all make a clean breast of it unbosom oneself- acknowledge something reluctantly, typically because one feels slightly ashamed or embarrassed
"I must confess that I half believed you"
- declare (one's religious faith)
"150 people confessed faith in Christ"
- declare one's sins formally to a priest
"I could not confess all my sins to the priest"
- (of a priest) listen to the confession of
"St Ambrose would weep bitter tears when confessing a sinner"