confessing

Definition of confessing in English English dictionary: present participle of confess; {a} confitent
Confessing Church: German Bekennende Kirche Movement for revival within the German Protestant churches that developed in the 1930s in resistance to Adolf Hitler's attempt to make the churches an instrument of Nazi propaganda and politics. The Confessing Church, whose leaders included Martin Niemöller and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, opposed Hitler's "German Christians" and was forced underground as Nazi pressure intensified. The movement continued in World War II, though it was hampered by the conscription of clergy and laity. In 1948 the church ceased to exist when the reorganized Evangelical Church was formed
confess: To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed
confess: {v} to acknowledge, grant, own, show
confess: If someone confesses or confesses their sins, they tell God or a priest about their sins so that they can be forgiven. You just go to the church and confess your sins Once we have confessed our failures and mistakes to God, we should stop feeling guilty
confess: To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience
confess: confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith
confess: To disclose or reveal
confess: admit, make a clean breast of; "She confessed that she had taken the money"
confess: To acknowledge; to admit; to concede
confess: confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
confess: If someone confesses to doing something wrong, they admit that they did it. He had confessed to seventeen murders I had expected her to confess that she only wrote these books for the money Most rape victims confess a feeling of helplessness Ray changed his mind, claiming that he had been forced into confessing `I played a very bad match,' he confessed. = admit deny
confess: {f} admit (guilt, etc.); declare faith in; tell one's sins to a priest
confess: politeness You use expressions like `I confess', `I must confess', or `I have to confess' to apologize slightly for admitting something you are ashamed of or that you think might offend or annoy someone. I confess it's got me baffled I must confess I'm not a great enthusiast for long political programmes. = admit
confess: 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
confess: To hear or receive such confession; - - said of a priest
confess: To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in
confess: To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment
confess: To make known or acknowledge, as one's sins to a priest, in order to receive absolution; sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun
confess: To disclose or reveal, as an effect discloses its cause; to prove; to attest
confess: confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
confess: {f} disbosom
confess: {f} avow oneself