confess
verb (used with object)
to acknowledge or avow (a fault, crime, misdeed, weakness, etc.) by way of revelation.
confesses
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present tense formof confess (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“I also grew up watching a lot of telenovelas. They were really formative for me, specifically, the telenovelas on the local Channel 2,” Eimbcke confesses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Unless Devine confesses to anything, the wicketkeeper is the star witness for the prosecution and the defence.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
He confesses to catching one game—a victory for Spain—in a ramshackle café in a Galician village.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
Muir confesses that this feature of the market is overlooked by many market players, partly because it’s esoteric and seemingly innocuous.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
When his mother confesses that she is nervous to be in the house alone, Maxine tells her she’d be nervous, too.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
