Definition of confess

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

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Confitent :: Confitent (n.) One who confesses his sins and faults.
Acknowledgment :: Acknowledgment (n.) The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.
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.
Confessed :: Confessed (imp. & p. p.) of Confes.
Ghostly :: Ghostly (a.) Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual; as, a ghostly confessor..
Shrift :: Shrift (n.) Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it..
Unbosom :: Unbosom (v. t.) To disclose freely; to reveal in confidence, as secrets; to confess; -- often used reflexively; as, to unbosom one's self..
Torture :: Torture (n.) Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel..
Confession :: Confession (n.) The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution.
Confessary :: Confessary (n.) One who makes a confession.
Earshrift :: Earshrift (n.) A nickname for auricular confession; shrift.
Blushingly :: Blushingly (adv.) In a blushing manner; with a blush or blushes; as, to answer or confess blushingly..
Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment..
Confessionary :: Confessionary (n.) A confessional.
Avouch :: Avouch (v. t.) To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.
Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc. Its chief is a cardinal, called the Grand Penitentiary, appointed by the pope..
Shrive :: Shrive (v. t.) To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively..
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..
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..
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