Confess
Definition of Confess
Con`fess´ v. t. | 1. | To make acknowledgment or avowal in a matter pertaining to one's self; to acknowledge, own, or admit, as a crime, a fault, a debt. | | 2. | To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in. | | 3. | To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment.As I confess it needs must be. - Tennyson. | | 4. | (Eccl.) To make known or acknowledge, as one's sins to a priest, in order to receive absolution; - sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun. | | 5. | To hear or receive such confession; - said of a priest. | | 5. | To disclose or reveal, as an effect discloses its cause; to prove; to attest. | v. i. | 1. | To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience. | | 2. | To acknowledge; to admit; to concede. |
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