confess

Meaning of confess

verb
  1. 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.
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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:

squeal, shrive, fink

Meaning concede:

concede, profess

Meaning confess to be true or to be the case:

admit

Meaning accept or admit the existence or truth of:

acknowledge

Meaning make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others:

reveal

Meaning make (secret or new information) known:

disclose

Meaning make known (private or sensitive information):

divulge

Meaning assert or confess openly:

avow

Meaning say something in a solemn and emphatic manner:

declare

Meaning find unexpectedly or during a search:

discover

Meaning reveal information; confess:

cough

confess antonyms

Meaning not allow to be seen; hide:

conceal

Meaning state that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of:

deny

Translation of confess

Words that rhyme with confess

fess, chiefess, sheriffess, preconfess, reconfess, unconfess, disprofess, misprofess, preprofess, profess, reprofess

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