Word Meaning

Meaning of confess

- 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.
- To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.
- To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment.
- To make known or acknowledge, as one's sins to a priest, in order to receive absolution; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.
- To hear or receive such confession; -- said of a priest.
- To disclose or reveal, as an effect discloses its cause; to prove; to attest.
- To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience.
- To acknowledge; to admit; to concede.

Crossword clue for confess

- Admit guilt
- Admit one is or was responsible for the action