Definition of confess

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Confess (v. t.) To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.

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Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done.
Shrive :: Shrive (v. i.) To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution..
Confession :: Confession (n.) A formulary in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith..
Admit :: Admit (v. t.) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess; as, the argument or fact is admitted; he admitted his guilt..
Denial :: Denial (n.) A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God..
Shrive :: Shrive (v. t.) To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively..
Own :: Own (v. t.) To grant; to acknowledge; to admit to be true; to confess; to recognize in a particular character; as, we own that we have forfeited your love..
Confitent :: Confitent (n.) One who confesses his sins and faults.
Shrive :: Shrive (v. t.) To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the agent.
Acknowledgedly :: Acknowledgedly (adv.) Confessedly.
Admittedly :: Admittedly (adv.) Confessedly.
Penitencer :: Penitencer (n.) A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases.
Confessary :: Confessary (n.) One who makes a confession.
Licentiate :: Licentiate (n.) A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy..
Approver :: Approver (n.) One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st Approvement, 2..
Extort :: Extort (v. t.) To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt..
Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To hear or receive such confession; -- said of a priest.
Pray :: Pray (v. i.) To make request with earnestness or zeal, as for something desired; to make entreaty or supplication; to offer prayer to a deity or divine being as a religious act; specifically, to address the Supreme Being with adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving..
Prayer :: Prayer (v. i.) The act of addressing supplication to a divinity, especially to the true God; the offering of adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving to the Supreme Being; as, public prayer; secret prayer..
Confessorship :: Confessorship (n.) The act or state of suffering persecution for religious faith.
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