confess
21confess — verb 1》 (often confess to/that) admit to a crime or wrongdoing. ↘acknowledge reluctantly: I must confess that I was surprised. 2》 declare one s sins formally to a priest. ↘(of a priest) hear the confession of. Origin ME: from OFr.… …
22confess — con•fess [[t]kənˈfɛs[/t]] v. i. 1) to acknowledge or avow (a fault, crime, misdeed, or weakness) by way of revelation 2) to own or admit as true; concede: I must confess that I haven t read it[/ex] 3) rel to declare or acknowledge (one s sins),… …
23confess — See admit, confess See confess, admit …
24confess — verb 1) he confessed that he had done it Syn: admit, acknowledge, reveal, disclose, divulge, avow, declare, profess; own up, tell all Ant: deny 2) they could not make him confess …
25confess — verb 1) he confessed that he had done it Syn: admit, acknowledge, reveal, disclose, divulge, own up; informal come clean 2) they could not make him confess Syn: own up, plead guilty, accept the blame; informal come clean …
26confess — verb /kənˈfɛs/ a) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed People confess to anything under torture. b) To disclose or reveal …
27confess to — phr verb Confess to is used with these nouns as the object: ↑killing …
28confess — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. acknowledge, avow, own, admit; disclose, tell, reveal, unbosom, unburden, divulge. See disclosure, penitence, rite. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To admit] Syn. acknowledge, own, concede; see admit 3 . 2.… …
29confess — [14] Confess comes from Latin confitērī ‘acknowledge’. This was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com and fatērī ‘admit’ (a relative of English fable, fame, and fate). Its past participle was confessus, and this was taken as the… …
30confess — see confess and be hanged a fault confessed is half redressed …
