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CONFESS definition: 1. to admit that you have done something wrong or something that you feel guilty or bad about: 2…. Learn more.
verb (used with object) to acknowledge or avow (a fault, crime, misdeed, weakness, etc.) by way of revelation. I must confess that I haven't read the book. to declare or acknowledge (one's sins), especially to God or a priest in order to obtain absolution.
1. : to tell or make known (something, such as something wrong or damaging to oneself) : admit. he confessed his guilt. 2. a. : to acknowledge (sin) to God or to a priest. b. : to receive the confession of (a penitent) 3. : to declare faith in or adherence to : profess. 4. : to give evidence of.
When you confess, you admit to doing something wrong. You might feel guilty about eating the entire platter of chocolate chip cookies and confess to your mom before she notices. If she presses charges, you would confess to the cookie crime.
to make an acknowledgment or admission (of faults, misdeeds, crimes, etc) 2. (transitive) to admit or grant to be true; concede. 3. Christianity, mainly Roman Catholic Church. to declare (one's sins) to God or to a priest as his representative, so as to obtain pardon and absolution. Collins English Dictionary.
verb. /kənˈfes/ Verb Forms. [intransitive, transitive] to admit, especially formally or to the police, that you have done something wrong or illegal. After hours of questioning, the suspect confessed. confess to (doing) something She confessed to the murder. confess (that)… He confessed that he had stolen the money. confess to somebody (that)…
1. to acknowledge or avow (a fault, crime, misdeed, or weakness) by way of revelation. 2. to own or admit as true; concede: I must confess that I haven't read it. 3. to declare or acknowledge (one's sins), esp. to God or a priest. 4. (of a priest) to hear the confession of (a person).
Confess definition: To disclose (something damaging or inconvenient to oneself); admit.
CONFESS meaning: 1 : to admit that you did something wrong or illegal often + to; 2 : to talk about or admit something that makes you embarrassed, ashamed, etc. usually + to
to own or admit as true: I must confess that I haven't read the book. Religion to declare or acknowledge (one's sins), esp. to God or a priest in order to obtain absolution. Religion (of a priest) to hear the confession of (a person). to acknowledge one's belief or faith in; declare adherence to. to reveal by circumstances. v.i. to make confession;
