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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•fess /kənˈfɛs/USA pronunciation v. - to acknowledge or admit (a fault, etc.): [~ + object]confessed his guilt to the police.[~ + to + object]He confessed to the crime.[~ + (that) clause]confessed (that) he was the killer.
- to admit as true;
concede:[~ + (that) clause]I must confess (that) I haven't read the book. - Religionto declare or acknowledge (one's sins), esp. to God or to a priest: [~ + object]He confessed his sins to the priest.[no object]He confessed every day.
con•fess•a•ble, adj. See -fess-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•fess (kən fes′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to acknowledge or avow (a fault, crime, misdeed, weakness, etc.) by way of revelation.
- to own or admit as true:I must confess that I haven't read the book.
- Religionto declare or acknowledge (one's sins), esp. to God or a priest in order to obtain absolution.
- Religion(of a priest) to hear the confession of (a person).
- to acknowledge one's belief or faith in;
declare adherence to. - to reveal by circumstances.
v.i. - to make confession;
plead guilty;
own:to confess to a crime. - Religionto make confession of sins, esp. to a priest.
- Religion(of a priest) to hear confession.
- Medieval Latin confessāre, verb, verbal derivative of Latin confessus, past participle of confitērī to admit, confess, equivalent. to con- con- + -fitērī, combining form of fatērī to admit
- Anglo-French, Old French confesser
- Middle English confessen 1300–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See acknowledge.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged grant, concede.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged conceal.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged deny.
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