confess verb

/kənˈfes/ v [I or T]

Definition

•

to admit that you have done something wrong or something that you feel guilty or bad about

[+ that ] She confessed to her husband that she had sold her wedding ring.

He confessed to sleeping/having slept through most of the film.

He has confessed to the murder.

[+ (that)] I have to confess (that) when I first met Ian I didn't think he was very bright.

I found it all very confusing, I must confess.

[R] The director confessed himself (to be) puzzled by the company's losses.

•

in the Christian religion, especially the Roman Catholic Church, to tell God or a priest what you have done wrong so that you can be forgiven

to confess your sins

(Definition of confess verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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