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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kuhn-fes |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈfɛs |
Definition of confess
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French confesser (transitive and intransitive), from Vulgar Latin *confessare, from Latin confess-, past participle stem of confiteri "to acknowledge," from com- "together" (see com-) + fateri "to admit," akin to fari "speak" (see fame (n.)).
- Its original religious sense was of one who avows his religion in spite of persecution or danger but does not suffer martyrdom. Old French confesser thus had a figurative sense of "to harm, hurt, make suffer." Related: Confessed; confessing. An Old English word for it was andettan.
- verb admit, confirm
- I confess, Eudora, it pained me to see you listen to his idle flattery.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- How is it possible for me to confess, when I tell you I know nothing about her?
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- To confess the strange truth, he never told me you were musical.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Out of your bed and down on your knees to your own blessed father, and confess your sins.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- It is not easy for an Anglo-Saxon to confess the realities of affection in vital intimacies.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- I am willing to confess that my poor black Dirk was a bit of a genius.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- I confess that there was something eerie in the isolation and remoteness of St. nimie.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- A teacher should have no favorites, but I must confess to a strong liking for your son.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- Mortimer was forced to confess that he didn't quite remember Juggler.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- See, now; I give you five minutes by my watch in which to confess your wrong-doing.
- Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
Synonyms for confess
- acknowledge
- affirm
- allow
- assert
- attest
- aver
- avow
- blow
- blurt out
- chirp
- clue in
- come clean
- come out
- concede
- confide
- declare
- disclose
- divulge
- dump on
- evince
- finger
- fink
- grant
- humble oneself
- leak
- let on
- level with
- make clean breast of
- manifest
- narrate
- open one's heart
- own
- own up
- post
- profess
- prove
- rat on
- recognize
- relate
- reveal
- sing
- snitch
- sound off
- spill the beans
- spit out
- squeal
- tip hand
- unload
- vent
- weasel
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