[
UK
/kənfˈɛs/
]
[ US /kənˈfɛs/ ]
[ US /kənˈfɛs/ ]
VERB
- confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
-
admit (to a wrongdoing)
She confessed that she had taken the money - confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith
How To Use confess In A Sentence
- The normal human desire to rid one's self of a tormenting secret, to "exteriorize one's rottenness," finds satisfaction on an exalted plane in confession to God, or to his appointed ministers. Human Traits and their Social Significance
- As time passes, around 2,000 women involved have gradually died, with only 30 of them still alive - still anxious about the possible end and that they may never hear the government's true-hearted confession.
- Day after day thousands of people die of confessing their loyalty to the Tokugawa shogunate.
- You died near ninety, still unbelieving, unconfessed, and unreceived.
- Open confession is good for the soul.
- The supporting stories have a much sharper bite, including a return to his painfully confessional autobiographical style.
- Lord McLuskey says they manufacture false confessions, plant evidence and commit perjury.
- Indeed, Mr Kenyatta confessed that a number of his allies had asked him not to attend the harambee "because their people were still in IDP camps. AllAfrica News: Latest
- And when I see people in the court, I must confess I watch them. KICK BACK
- One widow, she said, was carrying around $900,000 in uncashed cheques; another confessed to spending $15,000 on designer clothes.
