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confessconfess /kənˈfɛs/ ●●○ verb [intransitive, transitive] ETYMOLOGYconfessOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French confesser, from Latin confiteri to confess VERB TABLEconfess |
| Present | I, you, we, they | confess | | he, she, it | confesses | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | confessed | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have confessed | | he, she, it | has confessed | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had confessed | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will confess | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have confessed |
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| Present | I | am confessing | | he, she, it | is confessing | | you, we, they | are confessing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was confessing | | you, we, they | were confessing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been confessing | | he, she, it | has been confessing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been confessing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be confessing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been confessing |
► I must confess I must confess I’m not very excited at the thought of dinner with the Martins. ► confessing his sins Gary felt better after confessing his sins to one of the priests. THESAURUSaccept truth► admit to agree unwillingly that something is true or that someone else is right: “I guess I was a little scared,” he admitted. ► confess to admit something that you feel embarrassed or ashamed about: I must confess, I don’t like his wife at all. ► recognize to admit or accept that something is true or that a situation exists: It is important to recognize that stress can affect your health. ► acknowledge acknowledge means the same as recognize but sounds a little more formal: He acknowledges it’s going to be a tough job, but he’s going to try it anyway. ► concede formal to admit that something is true in a discussion or an argument, even though you really do not want to: He conceded that Harrison might be right. 1to admit that you have done something wrong or illegal, especially to the police: Woods was released from jail after the real murderers confessed.confess to (doing) something Holmes confessed to taking the money.confess that Her husband confessed he’d been having an affair.► see thesaurus at admit2to admit something that you feel embarrassed about: confess that Marsha confessed that she didn’t really know how to work the computer.confess to doing something Ralph confessed to spending the weekend watching TV. I must confess I’m not very excited at the thought of dinner with the Martins.3to tell a priest or God about the wrong things you have done so that you can be forgiven: Gary felt better after confessing his sins to one of the priests. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French confesser, from Latin confiteri to confess] |