Definition:
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.
- (v. t.) To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment.
- (v. t.) To make known or acknowledge, as one's sins to a priest, in order to receive absolution; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.
- (v. t.) To hear or receive such confession; -- said of a priest.
- (v. t.) To disclose or reveal, as an effect discloses its cause; to prove; to attest.
- (v. i.) To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience.
- (v. i.) To acknowledge; to admit; to concede.
Compare confess with other words:
announce vs. confess
confess vs. fess
confess vs. converse
complete vs. confess
claim vs. confess
beknow vs. confess
confess vs. probator
confess vs. confitent
confess vs. confessorship
confess vs. confessionalist
confess vs. confessant
confess vs. reveal
confess vs. pen
confess vs. confessed
concede vs. confess
confess vs. recognize
confess vs. unbosom
confess vs. confidable
avouch vs. confess
confess vs. confessor
confess vs. profess
confess vs. penitentiary
confess vs. confession
confess vs. divulge
avow vs. confess
admit vs. confess
confess vs. torture
anything vs. confess
acknowledge vs. confess
confess vs. own
confess vs. knowledge
confess vs. sing
confess vs. talk