Confess Definition

kən-fĕs

confessed, confesses

verb

confessed, confesses

To admit (a fault or crime)

Webster's New World

To disclose (something damaging or inconvenient to oneself); admit.

American Heritage

To acknowledge (an opinion or view)

Webster's New World

To take part in public confession or make one's confession to a priest.

Webster's New World

To admit a fault or crime; acknowledge one's guilt.

Webster's New World

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idiom

confess to

Webster's New World

stand confessed as

Webster's New World

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Confess

From Middle English confessen, from Anglo-Norman confesser, from Old French confesser, from Medieval Latin confessō (“I confess”), a derivative of Latin confessus (Old French confés), past participle of cōnfiteor (“I confess, I admit”) from con- + fateor (“I admit”). Displaced Middle English andetten (“to confess, admit”) (from Old English andettan).

From Wiktionary
Middle English confessen from Old French confesser from Vulgar Latin cōnfessāre from Latin cōnfitērī cōnfess- com- intensive pref. com– fatērī to admit bhā-² in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition