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CONFESSION meaning: 1. the act of admitting that you have done something wrong or illegal: 2. an occasion when a…. Learn more.
I confess (that) I know nothing about computers. + speech “I know nothing about them,” he confessed. confess yourself + adj. (formal) I confess myself bewildered by their explanation. see self-confessed Thesaurus admit. acknowledge; recognize; concede; confess; These words all mean to agree, often unwillingly, that something is true.
Britannica Dictionary definition of CONFESS. 1. : to admit that you did something wrong or illegal. [no object] He confessed after being questioned for many hours. — often + to. He's still refusing to confess to the murder. No one confessed to taking the pen. She confessed to having lied to me in the past. [=she told me that she lied to me]
1. to acknowledge or avow (a fault, crime, misdeed, weakness, etc.) by way of revelation. 2. to own or admit as true. I must confess that I haven't read the book. 3. to declare or acknowledge (one's sins), esp. to God or a priest in order to obtain absolution. 4. (of a priest)
She made a false confession during the trial which she later retracted. The court excluded the confession wrongly obtained by the police. The police forced a confession out of him. a confession from the prisoner; a confession to murder; a true confession of a terrible crime; an alleged confession by the defendant
Confess definition, to acknowledge or avow (a fault, crime, misdeed, weakness, etc.) by way of revelation. See more.
Jun 8, 2024 · confess (third-person singular simple present confesses, present participle confessing, simple past and past participle confessed) (intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed. I confess to spray-painting all over that mural! I confess that I am a sinner.
