to confess

Definition of to confess in English English dictionary: avouch; To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed; {v} to acknowledge, grant, own, show; 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; To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience; confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith; To disclose or reveal; admit, make a clean breast of; "She confessed that she had taken the money"; To acknowledge; to admit; to concede; confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure; 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; {f} admit (guilt, etc.); declare faith in; tell one's sins to a priest; 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; 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; To hear or receive such confession; - - said of a priest; To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in; To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment; To make known or acknowledge, as one's sins to a priest, in order to receive absolution; sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun; To disclose or reveal, as an effect discloses its cause; to prove; to attest; confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure; {f} disbosom; {f} avow oneself

to confess

Hyphenation

to con·fess

Turkish pronunciation

tı kınfes

Pronunciation

/tə kənˈfes/ /tə kənˈfɛs/

Etymology

[ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.