Definition of confess

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Confess (v. t.) To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment..

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Peccavi :: Peccavi () I have sinned; -- used colloquially to express confession or acknowledgment of an offense.
Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To disclose or reveal, as an effect discloses its cause; to prove; to attest..
Confess :: Confess (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..
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..
Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To hear or receive such confession; -- said of a priest.
Confess :: Confess (v. i.) To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience..
Boot :: Boot (n.) An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland..
Earshrift :: Earshrift (n.) A nickname for auricular confession; shrift.
Confess :: Confess (v. i.) To acknowledge; to admit; to concede.
Render :: Render (v. i.) To give an account; to make explanation or confession.
Confession :: Confession (n.) Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime..
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..
Confessor :: Confessor (n.) A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution.
Ingenuous :: Ingenuous (a.) Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; frank; as, an ingenuous man; an ingenuous declaration, confession, etc..
Symbolism :: Symbolics (n.) that branch of historic theology which treats of creeds and confessions of faith; symbolism; -- called also symbolic.
Confessionist :: Confessionist (n.) One professing a certain faith.
Confiteor :: Confiteor (n.) A form of prayer in which public confession of sins is made.
Approver :: Approver (n.) One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st Approvement, 2..
Appellor :: Appellor (n.) One who confesses a felony committed and accuses his accomplices.
Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.
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