con|fess

con|fess
con|fess «kuhn FEHS», transitive verb.
1. to acknowledge; admit; own up to: »

The fat man confessed his fault, which was a weakness for candy. The thief confessed his crime to the police.

 SYNONYM(S): See syn. under admit. (Cf. ↑admit)
2. to concede; grant: »

I confess you are right on one point.

3. to tell (one's sins) to a priest in order to obtain forgiveness.
4. to hear (a person) tell his sins in order to obtain forgiveness, as a priest does; act as a confessor to.
5. to declare belief in.
6. Poetic. to manifest; show.
–v.i.
1. to admit one's guilt; own (to): »

The thief decided to confess. My brother confessed to eating the cake.

 SYNONYM(S): See syn. under admit. (Cf. ↑admit)
2. to make known one's sins to a priest.
3. to act as a confessor.
╂[< Latin cōnfessus, past participle of cōnfitērī < com- + fatērī confess, acknowledge]

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