confess
Meaning of confess
verb
- admit that one has committed a crime or done something wrong.
he confessed that he had attacked the old man
he wants to confess to Caroline's murder
‘I damaged your car,’ she confessed
late Middle English: from Old French confesser, from Latin confessus, past participle of confiteri ‘acknowledge’, from con- (expressing intensive force) + fateri ‘declare, avow’.
Information about confess
- It is a verb.
- Languages in which confess is used:
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Hyphenation of confess
con-fess
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- confess is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
confess synonyms
Meaning squeal:
Meaning concede:
Meaning confess to be true or to be the case:
Meaning accept or admit the existence or truth of:
Meaning make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others:
Meaning make (secret or new information) known:
Meaning make known (private or sensitive information):
Meaning assert or confess openly:
Meaning say something in a solemn and emphatic manner:
Meaning find unexpectedly or during a search:
Meaning reveal information; confess:
confess antonyms
Meaning not allow to be seen; hide:
Meaning state that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of:
Translation of confess
- Spanish: reconocer, confesar
- French: avouer, confesser
- German: bekennen, beichten
- Italian: riconoscere, confessare
- Portuguese: confessar
Words that rhyme with confess
fess, chiefess, sheriffess, preconfess, reconfess, unconfess, disprofess, misprofess, preprofess, profess, reprofess
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