Lexic.us

Definition of Confess

1. Verb. Confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure.

2. Verb. Admit (to a wrongdoing). "She confessed that she had taken the money"

3. Verb. Confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith.

Definition of Confess

1. v. t. 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.

2. v. i. To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience.

Definition of Confess

1. Verb. To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed ¹

2. Verb. To disclose or reveal ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Confess

1. to acknowledge or disclose [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Confess

conferrence conferrences conferrer conferrers conferring conferruminate confers confertus conferva confervaceous

confervae conferval confervas confervoid algae confervous confess (current term) confessable confessaries confessary confesse

confessed confessedly confesser confessers confesses confessest confesseth confessing confessio confessio amantis

Literary usage of Confess

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Confessions of S. Augustine: Book I-X. by Augustine (1886)
"CHAPTER I. That it becomes the soul to praise God, and to confess to Him. \ CCEPT the sacrifice of my confessions offered by my *» tongue, which thou hast ..."

2. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell (1826)
"I hope it is .no very cynical asperity, not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be nn- willing that the publick should consider ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1894)
"1861) of Marylebone and Shil- lington Manor, Bedfordshire, who married, Once, we confess, beneath the patriot's cloak, From the cracked bag the dropping ..."

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