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Definition confess

Etymology

From Middle English confessen, from Anglo-Norman confesser, from Old French confesser, from Medieval Latin confess? (“I confess”), a derivative of Latin confessus (Old French confés), past participle of c?nfiteor (“I confess, I admit”) from con- + fateor (“I admit”). Displaced Middle English andetten (“to confess, admit”) (from Old English andettan).

Verb

confess (third-person singular simple present confesses, present participle confessing, simple past and past participle confessed)

1. To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
2. To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.
3. (religion) To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution.
4. (religion) To hear or receive such a confession of sins from.
5. To disclose or reveal.

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