confessed

Meaning

Verb

simple past and past participle of confess

Adj

Which one admits or avows.

confess

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

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Synonyms

avowed

Translations

reconocido

معترف

beichtete

gestanden

avoué

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈfɛst/

Sentences

Carino , the assassin , later repented and confessed his crime .