Definition of confess

verb (v)

• confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure (verb.communication)

  Synonym: fink, squeal
  

  source: wordnet30
• admit (to a wrongdoing) (verb.communication)

  Synonym: concede, profess
  

  Example:
  She confessed that she had taken the money.
  

  source: wordnet30
• confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith (verb.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• To make acknowledgment or avowal in a matter pertaining to one's self; to acknowledge, own, or admit, as a crime, a fault, a debt. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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