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confess

/k/@/n'f/E/s/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

  1. confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure

    verb.communication

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. admit (to a wrongdoing)

    verb.communication

    Examples
    She confessed that she had taken the money.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith

    verb.communication

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. 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

  5. To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

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