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confess::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | concede, profess |
| Type of | admit, acknowledge |
| Has types | fess up, own up, make a clean breast of |
| Derivation | confession, confessor |
She confessed that she had taken the money.
confess::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fink, squeal |
| Type of | acknowledge, admit |
| Derivation | confessor, confession |
confess::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | admit, acknowledge |
| Derivation | confessor, confession |
Examples of confess
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I confess that until last year I had never completed an NCAA tournament bracket.
From the kentucky.com
I have to confess, I never knew the Stanford Band had such a controversial past.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
If she were around, I'd be dashing over to confess how I almost stole her kudos.
From the signonsandiego.com
Sometimes I feel like a priest, hearing these men confess their lives and wives.
From the cnn.com
The IRS wants these taxpayers to confess under the voluntary-disclosure program.
From the online.wsj.com
As a glass-wearing blogger, I can confess that my eyes hurt after hours of work.
From the techcrunch.com
She only had a few minutes left and announced that she had something to confess.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
For Armstrong now to confess would represent an astonishingly costly turnaround.
From the nzherald.co.nz
I am forced thus to confess that what I once despised I now praise unreservedly.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
- Concede: admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money"
- Confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith
- (confession) an admission of misdeeds or faults
- (confession) a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
- (confession) (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
- Confess is a 2005 American independent feature film written and directed by Stefan Schaefer.
- Confess is a popular song written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss.
- (Confesses) The confession of a person's sins is a religious practice in a number of Christian traditions, e.g., Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.
