confess
11confess — con|fess [kənˈfes] v [I and T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: confesser, from Latin confiteri to confess , from com ( COM ) + fateri to confess ] 1.) to admit, especially to the police, that you have done something wrong or illegal… …
12confess — con|fess [ kən fes ] verb intransitive or transitive ** 1. ) to admit that you have committed a crime: After three hours of interrogation, he confessed everything. confess to someone: Eventually he confessed to the police. confess to (doing)… …
13confess — verb (I, T) 1 to admit that you have done something wrong or illegal, especially to the police: After three hours of questioning the suspect broke down and confessed. | confess to doing sth: Edwards confessed to being a spy for the KGB. | confess …
14confess — v. 1) to confess frankly, honestly; willingly 2) (B) he confessed his crime to the police 3) (D; intr.) to confess to (to confess to a crime; to confess to the police; he confessed to cheating on the exam) 4) (L; to) he confessed (to us) that he… …
15confess — [[t]kənfe̱s[/t]] confesses, confessing, confessed 1) VERB If someone confesses to doing something wrong, they admit that they did it. [V to n/ ing] He had confessed to seventeen murders... [V to n/ ing] Her husband confessed to having had an… …
16confess — /kənˈfɛs / (say kuhn fes) verb (t) 1. to acknowledge or avow: to confess a secret; to confess a fault; to confess a crime; to confess a debt. 2. to admit the truth or validity of; own: I must confess that I haven t read it. 3. to acknowledge one… …
17confess — 01. The accused [confessed] to police that he murdered his business partner. 02. I have to [confess] that I wasn t really sick yesterday; I just didn t want to come into work. 03. The suspect s [confession] was admitted as evidence in court. 04.… …
18confess — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French confesser, from confés having confessed, from Latin confessus, past participle of confitēri to confess, from com + fatēri to confess; akin to Latin fari to speak more at ban Date: 14th century… …
19confess — confessable, adj. confessingly, adv. /keuhn fes /, v.t. 1. to acknowledge or avow (a fault, crime, misdeed, weakness, etc.) by way of revelation. 2. to own or admit as true: I must confess that I haven t read the book. 3. to declare or… …
20confess — verb ADVERB ▪ freely, openly, publicly, readily ▪ allegedly VERB + CONFESS ▪ have to, must …
