confess - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'confess' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Confess

[ v. i.]

- To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience.
- To acknowledge; to admit; to concede.

2 . Confess

[ 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.
- To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.
- To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment.
- To make known or acknowledge, as one's sins to a priest, in order to receive absolution; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.
- To hear or receive such confession; -- said of a priest.
- To disclose or reveal, as an effect discloses its cause; to prove; to attest.

Meaning of 'confess' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . confess

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- admit (to a wrongdoing)

Example in sentence:

She confessed that she had taken the money

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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Confession of Judgment
A Confession of Judgment is a formal contract written by the respondent accepting accountability and the agreed-upon sum of damages. This is a strategy to avoid going to court...

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