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confess
con·fess C0559700 (kən-fĕs′)v. con·fessed, con·fess·ing, con·fess·es v.tr.1. To disclose (something damaging or inconvenient to oneself); admit. See Synonyms at acknowledge.2. To acknowledge belief or faith in; profess: confess one's religion.3. a. To make known (one's sins) to God or to a priest.b. To hear the confession of (a penitent).v.intr.1. To admit or acknowledge something damaging or inconvenient to oneself: The suspect confessed to the crime.2. To disclose one's sins to a priest.
[Middle English confessen, from Old French confesser, from Vulgar Latin *cōnfessāre, from Latin cōnfitērī, cōnfess- : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + fatērī, to admit; see bhā- in Indo-European roots.]
con·fess′a·ble adj.con·fess′ed·ly (-ĭd-lē) adv.confess (kənˈfɛs) vb (when tr, may take a clause as object) 1. (when: intr, often foll by to) to make an acknowledgment or admission (of faults, misdeeds, crimes, etc)2. (tr) to admit or grant to be true; concede3. (Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity chiefly RC Church to declare (one's sins) to God or to a priest as his representative, so as to obtain pardon and absolution[C14: from Old French confesser, from Late Latin confessāre, from Latin confessus confessed, from confitērī to admit, from fatērī to acknowledge; related to Latin fārī to speak] conˈfessable adjcon•fess (kənˈfɛs)
v.i. 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). 5. to acknowledge one's belief or faith in; declare adherence to. 6. to reveal by circumstances. v.i. 7. to make confession; plead guilty; own: to confess to a crime. 8. to make confession of sins, esp. to a priest. 9. (of a priest) to hear confession. [1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French confesser < Medieval Latin confessāre, v. derivative of Latin confessus, past participle of confitērī to admit, confess] con•fess′a•ble, adj. syn: See acknowledge. confess
Past participle: confessed
Gerund: confessing
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| I confess | | you confess | | he/she/it confesses | | we confess | | you confess | | they confess |
| Preterite |
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| I confessed | | you confessed | | he/she/it confessed | | we confessed | | you confessed | | they confessed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am confessing | | you are confessing | | he/she/it is confessing | | we are confessing | | you are confessing | | they are confessing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have confessed | | you have confessed | | he/she/it has confessed | | we have confessed | | you have confessed | | they have confessed |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was confessing | | you were confessing | | he/she/it was confessing | | we were confessing | | you were confessing | | they were confessing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had confessed | | you had confessed | | he/she/it had confessed | | we had confessed | | you had confessed | | they had confessed |
| Future |
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| I will confess | | you will confess | | he/she/it will confess | | we will confess | | you will confess | | they will confess |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have confessed | | you will have confessed | | he/she/it will have confessed | | we will have confessed | | you will have confessed | | they will have confessed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be confessing | | you will be confessing | | he/she/it will be confessing | | we will be confessing | | you will be confessing | | they will be confessing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been confessing | | you have been confessing | | he/she/it has been confessing | | we have been confessing | | you have been confessing | | they have been confessing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been confessing | | you will have been confessing | | he/she/it will have been confessing | | we will have been confessing | | you will have been confessing | | they will have been confessing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been confessing | | you had been confessing | | he/she/it had been confessing | | we had been confessing | | you had been confessing | | they had been confessing |
| Conditional |
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| I would confess | | you would confess | | he/she/it would confess | | we would confess | | you would confess | | they would confess |
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| I would have confessed | | you would have confessed | | he/she/it would have confessed | | we would have confessed | | you would have confessed | | they would have confessed |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | confess - confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressurefink, squealacknowledge, admit - declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten" | | 2. | confess - admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money"concede, professacknowledge, admit - declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"fess up, make a clean breast of, own up - admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error; "the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting" | | 3. | confess - confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faithacknowledge, admit - declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten" |
confessverb1. admit, acknowledge, disclose, confide, own up, come clean (informal), divulge, blurt out, come out of the closet, make a clean breast of, get (something) off your chest (informal), spill your guts (slang), 'fess up (U.S.), sing (slang, chiefly U.S.), cough (slang) He has confessed to seventeen murders. She confesses that she only wrote those books for the money.
admit cover up, deny, hide, conceal, suppress, withhold, keep secret, repudiate, hush up, keep mum, keep under wraps, button your lips2. declare, own up, allow, prove, reveal, grant, confirm, concede, assert, manifest, affirm, profess, attest, evince, aver I must confess I'm not a great sports enthusiast.confessverbTo recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of:acknowledge, admit, avow, concede, grant, own (up).Slang: fess up.Chiefly Regional: allow.Translationsconfess (kənˈfes) verb 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. 供認，承認 供认，承认，坦白 conˈfession (-ʃən) noun1. acknowledgment of a crime or fault. The youth made a confession to the police officer. 招供 招供2. (an) act of confessing one's sins to a priest. She went to confession every Friday. 懺悔 忏悔conˈfessional (-ʃə-) noun the seat etc where a priest sits when hearing confessions. 懺悔室 忏悔室conˈfessor noun a priest who hears confessions. 告解神父 忏悔神父confess
confess to (someone or something)1. To admit something. I don't think he has any intention of confessing to the crime. Everyone knows that you have a crush on Lauren, so you might as well just confess to it!2. To admit something to someone. I don't think he has any intention of confessing to the police. Everyone knows that you have a crush on Lauren, so you might as well just confess to us!See also: confessconfess something to someone and confess to someoneto admit something to someone; to admit having done something to someone. Tom confessed his involvement to the boss. Max confessed to the police.See also: confessconfess to somethingto admit having done something. He will not confess to the crime. In the end, Max confessed to it.See also: confessconfess tov.1. To admit to doing something: The kids confessed to eating all the ice cream. I will not confess to a crime I did not commit!2. To admit something to someone: The thief confessed the crime to the police.See also: confessEncyclopediaSeeconfessionconfess
confessv. in criminal law, to voluntarily state that one is guilty of a criminal offense. This admission may be made to a law enforcement officer or in court either prior to or upon arrest, or after the person is charged with a specific crime. A confession must be truly voluntary (not forced by threat, torture, or trickery) and cannot be admitted in trial unless the defendant has been given the so-called Miranda warnings at the time of arrest or when it is clear he/she is the prime suspect, all based on the 5th Amendment prohibition against self-incrimination. The Miranda warnings are: the right to remain silent, the right to have an attorney present and that one can be appointed, and that his/her statements may be used against the defendant in court. (See: confession, Miranda warning, self-incrimination, Bill of Rights) confess
Synonyms for confessverb admitSynonyms- admit
- acknowledge
- disclose
- confide
- own up
- come clean
- divulge
- blurt out
- come out of the closet
- make a clean breast of
- get (something) off your chest
- spill your guts
- 'fess up
- sing
- cough
Antonyms- cover up
- deny
- hide
- conceal
- suppress
- withhold
- keep secret
- repudiate
- hush up
- keep mum
- keep under wraps
- button your lips
verb declareSynonyms- declare
- own up
- allow
- prove
- reveal
- grant
- confirm
- concede
- assert
- manifest
- affirm
- profess
- attest
- evince
- aver
Synonyms for confessverb to recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth ofSynonyms- acknowledge
- admit
- avow
- concede
- grant
- own
- fess up
- allow
Synonyms for confessverb confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressureSynonymsRelated Wordsverb admit (to a wrongdoing)SynonymsRelated Words- acknowledge
- admit
- fess up
- make a clean breast of
- own up
verb confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faithRelated Words |