confess

[ kuhn-fes ]
/ kənˈfɛs /
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verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

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decorum
the act of or need for making up one's mind.
dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.
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Origin of confess

1300–50; Middle English confessen < Anglo-French, Old French confesser < Medieval Latin confessāre, verbal derivative of Latin confessus, past participle of confitērī to admit, confess, equivalent to con- con- + -fitērī, combining form of fatērī to admit

synonym study for confess

1. See acknowledge.

OTHER WORDS FROM confess

Words nearby confess

conference pear, conferencing, conferral, conferree, conferva, confess, confessant, confessedly, confession, confession of faith, confessional
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Words related to confess

disclose, reveal, acknowledge, confide, prove, divulge, concede, assert, relate, recognize, profess, declare, blow, attest, avow, snitch, affirm, leak, grant, vent

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British Dictionary definitions for confess

confess
/ (kənˈfɛs) /

verb (when tr, may take a clause as object)

(when intr, often foll by to) to make an acknowledgment or admission (of faults, misdeeds, crimes, etc)
(tr) to admit or grant to be true; concede
Christianity, mainly RC Church to declare (one's sins) to God or to a priest as his representative, so as to obtain pardon and absolution

Derived forms of confess

confessable, adjective

Word Origin for confess

C14: from Old French confesser, from Late Latin confessāre, from Latin confessus confessed, from confitērī to admit, from fatērī to acknowledge; related to Latin fārī to speak
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