Definition of confess

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Confess (v. i.) To acknowledge; to admit; to concede.

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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 disclose or reveal, as an effect discloses its cause; to prove; to attest..
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..
Beknow :: Beknow (v. t.) To confess; to acknowledge.
Shrive :: Shrive (v. t.) To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the agent.
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..
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..
Shriver :: Shriver (n.) One who shrives; a confessor.
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..
Hide :: Hide (v. t.) To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
Avouch :: Avouch (v. t.) To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.
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..
Rack :: Rack (a.) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons..
Unbosom :: Unbosom (v. t.) To disclose freely; to reveal in confidence, as secrets; to confess; -- often used reflexively; as, to unbosom one's self..
Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment..
Confessorship :: Confessorship (n.) The act or state of suffering persecution for religious faith.
Render :: Render (v. i.) To give an account; to make explanation or confession.
Acknow :: Acknow (v. t.) To acknowledge; to confess.
Earshrift :: Earshrift (n.) A nickname for auricular confession; shrift.
Shrive :: Shrive (v. t.) To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively..
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