- verbconfess (verb) · confesses (third person present) · confessed (past tense) · confessed (past participle) · confessing (present participle)
- admit or state that one has committed a crime or is at fault in some way:"he confessed that he had attacked the old man" · "he wants to confess to Caroline's murder" · "“I damaged your car,” she confessed" · "once apprehended, they would confess their guilt"
- admit or acknowledge something reluctantly, typically because one feels slightly ashamed or embarrassed:"I must confess that I was slightly surprised" · "he confessed to a lifelong passion for food" · "“I needed to see you, too,” he confessed"
- 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" · "he gave himself up after confessing to a priest"
- (of a priest) hear the confession of (someone):"St. Ambrose would weep bitter tears when confessing a sinner"
Originlate Middle English: from Old French confesser, from Latin confessus, past participle of confiteri ‘acknowledge’, from con- (expressing intensive force) + fateri ‘declare, avow’.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb
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