Defenition of the word confess

• Defenition of the word confess

  • To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
  • To declare or acknowledge one's sins, to God or a priest in order to obtain absolution.
  • make a clean breast of; "She confessed that she had taken the money"
  • confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith
  • confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
  • admit, make a clean breast of; "She confessed that she had taken the money"
  • admit (to a wrongdoing)

Synonyms for the word confess

• • acknowledge
  • concede
  • profess
  • shrive
  • squeal

Hyponyms for the word confess

• • fess up
  • make a clean breast of
  • own up

Hypernyms for the word confess

• • acknowledge
  • admit

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