Definition of confess

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

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Honest :: Honest (a.) Characterized by integrity or fairness and straight/forwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession..
Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment..
Shriving :: Shriving (n.) Shrift; confession.
Shrift :: Shrift (n.) Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it..
Penitencer :: Penitencer (n.) A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases.
Confession :: Confession (n.) Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
Squeak :: Squeak (v. i.) To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess.
Confessed :: Confessed (imp. & p. p.) of Confes.
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..
Avoid :: Avoid (a.) To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter..
Confessorship :: Confessorship (n.) The act or state of suffering persecution for religious faith.
Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.
Confessionary :: Confessionary (a.) Pertaining to auricular confession; as, a confessionary litany..
Confess :: Confess (v. i.) To acknowledge; to admit; to concede.
Ingenuous :: Ingenuous (a.) Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; frank; as, an ingenuous man; an ingenuous declaration, confession, etc..
Acknowledgedly :: Acknowledgedly (adv.) Confessedly.
Appellor :: Appellor (n.) One who confesses a felony committed and accuses his accomplices.
Recognition :: Recognition (n.) The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice..
Blushingly :: Blushingly (adv.) In a blushing manner; with a blush or blushes; as, to answer or confess blushingly..
Approver :: Approver (n.) One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st Approvement, 2..
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