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1. (v.i.) confess
to acknowledge or avow (a fault, crime, misdeed, or weakness) by way of revelation.
2. confess
to own or admit as true; concede:
I must confess that I haven't read it.
3. confess
to declare or acknowledge (one's sins), esp. to God or a priest.
4. confess
(of a priest) to hear the confession of (a person).
5. confess
to acknowledge one's belief or faith in; declare adherence to.
6. confess
to reveal by circumstances.
7. (v.i.) confess
to make confession; plead guilty; own:
to confess to a crime.
8. confess
to make confession of sins, esp. to a priest.
9. confess
(of a priest) to hear confession.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME < AF, OF confesser < ML confessāre, v. der. of L confessus, ptp. of confitērī to admit, confess)
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| Definition of 'confess' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) confess, squeal, fink
confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
2. (verb) concede, profess, confess
admit (to a wrongdoing)
"She confessed that she had taken the money"
3. (verb) confess
confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith
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1. (verb) confess
to admit doing sth wrong or illegal
Jenny confessed that she'd stolen it.; to confess to murder
2. confess
to admit unwillingly
She confessed that she's in love.
3. confess
to tell a priest your sins
***to confess your sins
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| Definition of 'confess' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) confess
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
2. (verb) confess
to acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in
3. (verb) confess
to admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment
4. (verb) confess
to make known or acknowledge, as one's sins to a priest, in order to receive absolution; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun
5. (verb) confess
to hear or receive such confession; -- said of a priest
6. (verb) confess
to disclose or reveal, as an effect discloses its cause; to prove; to attest
7. (verb) confess
to make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience
8. (verb) confess
to acknowledge; to admit; to concede
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Sense: to make known that one is guilty, wrong etc; to admit
He confessed (to the crime); He confessed that he had broken the vase; It was stupid of me, I confess.
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 Afrikaans: beken, bely, bieg, erken |
 Arabic: يَعْتَرِف |
 Bulgarian: признавам |
 Brazilian: confessar |
 Czech: přiznat (se), uznat |
 German: gestehen |
 Danish: tilstå; indrømme |
 Greek: ομολογώ |
 Spanish: confesar |
 Estonian: (üles) tunnistama |
 Farsi: اعتراف کردن؛ اقرار کردن |
 Finnish: tunnustaa |
 French: avouer |
 Hebrew: לְהִתווָדוֹת |
 Hindi: कबूल करना |
 Croatian: priznati, ispovijediti |
 Hungarian: bevall |
 Indonesian: mengaku |
 Icelandic: játa, viðurkenna |
 Italian: confessare |
 Japanese: 告白する |
 Korean: 고백하다 |
 Lithuanian: prisipažinti |
 Latvian: atzīties; izsūdzēt grēkus |
 Malay: mengaku |
 Dutch: bekennen |
 Norwegian: tilstå, innrømme, vedgå, |
 Polish: wyznawać |
 Persian: اعتراف کردن؛ اقرار کردن |
 Pashto: منل، اقرار كول، خپله ګناه |
 Portuguese: confessar |
 Romanian: a mărturisi |
 Russian: признаваться |
 Slovak: priznať sa |
 Slovenian: priznati |
 Serbian: priznati |
 Swedish: bekänna, erkänna |
 Thai: สารภาพผิด |
 Turkish: itiraf etmek |
 Taiwanese: 供認，承認 |
 Ukrainian: зізнаватися; визнавати |
 Urdu: اعتراف كرنا، اقرار كرنا |
 Vietnamese: thú nhận |
 Chinese: 供认，承认，坦白 |
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