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Blushingly :: Blushingly (adv.) In a blushing manner; with a blush or blushes; as, to answer or confess blushingly..

Confesser :: Confesser (n.) One who makes a confession.

Shrive :: Shrive (v. t.) To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively..

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..

Auricular :: Auricular (a.) Told in the ear, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest..

Father :: Father (n.) A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also father confessor), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a legislative assembly, etc..

Admittedly :: Admittedly (adv.) Confessedly.

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..

Acknowledgedly :: Acknowledgedly (adv.) Confessedly.

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..

Admission :: Admission (n.) Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry..

Appellor :: Appellor (n.) One who confesses a felony committed and accuses his accomplices.

Confessor :: Confessor (n.) A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution.

Guru :: Guru (n.) A spiritual teacher, guide, or confessor amoung the Hindoos..

Probator :: Probator (n.) One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it, and accused others, his accomplices, in order to obtain pardon; a state's evidence..

Peccavi :: Peccavi () I have sinned; -- used colloquially to express confession or acknowledgment of an offense.

Shrift :: Shrift (n.) Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it..

Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To hear or receive such confession; -- said of a priest.

Earshrift :: Earshrift (n.) A nickname for auricular confession; shrift.

Avouch :: Avouch (v. t.) To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.

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