Verb: confess kun'fes
- Admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed
"The suspect finally confessed to the robbery";
- squeal, fink [N. Amer, informal]
- Admit (to a wrongdoing)
"She confessed that she had taken the money";
- concede, profess
- Confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith
"The parishioner confessed his sins during the sacrament of reconciliation"
Derived forms: confesses, confessed, confessing
Type of: acknowledge, admit
Encyclopedia: Confess, Fletch