confess
IPA: kʌnfˈɛs
verb
- (intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
- (transitive) To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.
- (religion) To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution.
- (religion) To hear or receive such a confession of sins from.
- (transitive) To disclose or reveal.
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Examples of "confess" in Sentences
- He later recanted the confession.
- I confess to a bit of trepidation.
- The confession was signed by the witnesses.
- Shelly confesses that the rumor is the truth.
- He calmly confessed to perpetrating the attack.
- Bourne sends the tape of the confession to Landy.
- The basis of the league is the Augsburg Confession.
- A confession permitted access to the Apostle's sepulcher.
- The books are written as the confession of the antagonist.
- Confronted with the evidence, the lover confessed the murder.