Definition of confess

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Confess (v. i.) To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience..

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Curtana :: Curtana (n.) The pointless sword carried before English monarchs at their coronation, and emblematically considered as the sword of mercy; -- also called the sword of Edward the Confessor..
Acknowledgment :: Acknowledgment (n.) The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.
Beknow :: Beknow (v. t.) To confess; to acknowledge.
Confessionalist :: Confessionalist (n.) A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession..
Confessor :: Confessor (n.) A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution.
Licentiate :: Licentiate (n.) A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy..
Confessedly :: Confessedly (adv.) By confession; without denial.
Auricular :: Auricular (a.) Told in the ear, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest..
Hide :: Hide (v. t.) To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
Penitential :: Penitential (n.) A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also penitential book..
Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To make known or acknowledge, as one's sins to a priest, in order to receive absolution; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun..
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..
Avouch :: Avouch (v. t.) To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.
Render :: Render (v. i.) To give an account; to make explanation or confession.
Confessor :: Confessor (n.) One who confesses; one who acknowledges a fault, or the truth of a charge, at the risk of suffering; specifically, one who confesses himself a follower of Christ and endures persecution for his faith..
Squeak :: Squeak (v. i.) To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess.
Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To disclose or reveal, as an effect discloses its cause; to prove; to attest..
Recognition :: Recognition (n.) The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice..
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..
Submission :: Submission (n.) Acknowledgement of a fault; confession of error.
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