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confess
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
confesses; confessed; confessing
confesses; confessed; confessing
Learner's definition of CONFESS
1
: to admit that you did something wrong or illegal供认，坦白，承认（错误或罪行） — often + to
[no object]
- He confessed after being questioned for many hours.被审讯几个小时后，他终于招供了。
- He's still refusing to confess to the murder.他还是拒不承认犯有谋杀罪。
- No one confessed to taking the pen.没人承认拿了那支钢笔。
- She confessed to having lied to me in the past. [=she told me that she lied to me]她承认以前对我撒过谎。
[+ object]
- She confessed [=admitted] that she stole the necklace.她承认偷了那条项链。
- He willingly confessed his crime/guilt.他对所犯罪行供认不讳。
2
: to talk about or admit something that makes you embarrassed, ashamed, etc.承认，坦白（使自己感到尴尬或难为情的事）
[+ object]
- He confessed (that) he got lost and had to ask for directions.他承认自己迷了路，不得不问路。
- I have to confess that I was afraid at first.我必须承认我起初很害怕。
- I must confess [=I am a little embarrassed to say] that I know nothing about computers.我必须承认我对电脑一窍不通。
- He never confessed his love for her. [=he never told her that he loved her]他从未向她表白过对她的爱意。
[no object]
— usually + to - She confessed to a love of trashy romance novels. [=she admitted that she loves trashy romance novels]她承认自己爱看无聊的言情小说。
- I confess to being a little unsure about what to do.我承认，我也不太确定该干什么。
3
: to tell (your sins) to God or to a priest（向上帝或神父）忏悔，告罪，告解
[+ object]
- I confessed my sins to the priest.我向神父忏悔我的罪过。
[no object]
- I haven't confessed [=gone to confession] in three months.我有三个月没去忏悔了。
— confessed
adjective- a confessed murderer已经认罪的凶手
confessed; confessing; confesses
Synonyms
Example Sentences
He confessed after being questioned for many hours. He willingly confessed his crime. I have to confess that I was afraid at first. I confessed my sins to the priest.
Recent Examples on the Web O’Donnell, playing the no-nonsense homicide investigator Detective Sunday, is trying to butter him up before coaxing him to confess. 
Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2022 Longtime whiskey lovers cannot but confess this as one of their favorite whiskey brands. Toby Grey, BGR, 4 Sep. 2022 VRChat is therapy for some, who confess to suicide attempts, alcoholism and various other real-world pitfalls. John Anderson, WSJ, 26 July 2022 One man must confess a years-long lie to a friend; another must reach an agreement with his brother; a single woman ponders the difficulties of committed relationships and parenthood. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 15 July 2022 Musically aware folks, especially younger ones, might confess their newfound infatuation with vinyl. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 24 May 2022 His colleagues prefer to use coercion to get a confession and a beating forces an innocent man to confess to murder. Joan Macdonald, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022 At first, the song seems to be about someone gathering up the courage to confess their love to someone else. Annie Zaleski, Billboard, 9 Aug. 2022 Romance is in the air as connections deepen, but not all is coming up roses when Logan decides to confess feelings that send the ship, and our leading ladies, spinning. Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 8 Aug. 2022 See More
Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2022 Longtime whiskey lovers cannot but confess this as one of their favorite whiskey brands. Toby Grey, BGR, 4 Sep. 2022 VRChat is therapy for some, who confess to suicide attempts, alcoholism and various other real-world pitfalls. John Anderson, WSJ, 26 July 2022 One man must confess a years-long lie to a friend; another must reach an agreement with his brother; a single woman ponders the difficulties of committed relationships and parenthood. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 15 July 2022 Musically aware folks, especially younger ones, might confess their newfound infatuation with vinyl. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 24 May 2022 His colleagues prefer to use coercion to get a confession and a beating forces an innocent man to confess to murder. Joan Macdonald, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022 At first, the song seems to be about someone gathering up the courage to confess their love to someone else. Annie Zaleski, Billboard, 9 Aug. 2022 Romance is in the air as connections deepen, but not all is coming up roses when Logan decides to confess feelings that send the ship, and our leading ladies, spinning. Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 8 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English confessen "to admit, confess, (of a priest) hear a confession," borrowed from Anglo-French confesser (also continental Old French), derivative of confés "confessed, shriven," going back to Latin confessus, past participle of confiteor, confitērī "to admit (a fact, the truth of a statement or charge), reveal," from con- con- + fateor, fatērī "to accept as true, acknowledge, profess," probably a verbal derivative based on Indo-European *bhh2-to- "spoken" or *bhh2-t- "who speaks," from the verbal base *bheh2- "speak, say," whence also Latin for, fārī "to speak, say" — more at ban entry 1
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of confess was in the 14th century verb
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