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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Blushingly :: Blushingly (adv.) In a blushing manner; with a blush or blushes; as, to answer or confess blushingly..
Admittedly :: Admittedly (adv.) Confessedly.
Confessary :: Confessary (n.) One who makes a confession.
Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment..
Appellor :: Appellor (n.) One who confesses a felony committed and accuses his accomplices.
Criminal :: Criminal (n.) One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon..
Confessor :: Confessor (n.) A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution.
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..
Approvement :: Approvement (n.) a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States..
Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done.
Shriving :: Shriving (n.) Shrift; confession.
Guru :: Guru (n.) A spiritual teacher, guide, or confessor amoung the Hindoos..
Confessedly :: Confessedly (adv.) By confession; without denial.
Confessionary :: Confessionary (n.) A confessional.
Shriver :: Shriver (n.) One who shrives; a confessor.
Confessorship :: Confessorship (n.) The act or state of suffering persecution for religious faith.
Confessed :: Confessed (imp. & p. p.) of Confes.
Own :: Own (v. t.) To grant; to acknowledge; to admit to be true; to confess; to recognize in a particular character; as, we own that we have forfeited your love..
Auricular :: Auricular (a.) Told in the ear, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest..
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..
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