confess
confess (kən-fĕsʹ) verb
confessed, confessing, confesses
verb, transitive
1. To disclose (something damaging or inconvenient to oneself); admit. See synonyms at acknowledge.
2. To acknowledge belief or faith in; profess.
3. a. To make known (one's sins) to God or to a priest. b. To hear the confession of (a penitent).
verb, intransitive
1. To admit or acknowledge something damaging or inconvenient to oneself: The suspect confessed to the crime.
2. a. To disclose one's sins to a priest. b. To listen to a confession.
[Middle English confessen, from Old French confesser, from Vulgar Latin *cōnfessāre, from Latin cōnfitērī, cōnfess- : com-, intensive pref.. See com- + fatērī, to admit.]
confessʹable adjective
confessʹedly (-ĭd-lē) adverb