Confess

Verb

 * 1) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed
 * 2) To disclose or reveal

Adverbs for Confess
ruefully; subsequently; truthfully; naively; timorously; hesitatingly; blushingly; penitently; candidly; gaily; blankly; humbly; frankly; affectionately; artlessly; shamefully; indiscreetly; tacitly; touchingly; reciprocally; mortifyingly; abjectly; tearfully; belatedly; mysteriously; sincerely.

Derived terms
confession; confessional; confessor

Thesaurus
account for, accredit with, accrete to, acknowledge, administer absolution, administer extreme unction, admit, admit everything, affirm, agree provisionally, allow, apply to, ascribe to, assent grudgingly, assert, asseverate, assign to, attach to, attribute to, aver, avouch, avow, blame, blame for, blame on, bring home to, charge on, charge to, come clean, concede, confirm, connect with, cop a plea, credit with, declare, disclose, divulge, express general agreement, express the belief, fasten upon, father upon, fix on, fix upon, go along with, grant, hang on, hear confession, impute to, lay to, let on, make confession, not oppose, open up, out with it, own, own up, pin on, pinpoint, place upon, plead guilty, point to, profess, receive absolution, recognize, refer to, reveal, saddle on, saddle with, set down to, settle upon, shrive, spill, spill it, spit it out, state, swear, tell all, tell the truth, testify, vow, warrant, yield

Etymology
From confessen from  confesser from  confesser from  confessāre, a derivative of  confessus (🇫🇴 confes), past participle of confitērī "to confess, admit" from con- + fatērī "to admit". Displaced andetten "to confess, admit" (from  andettan).

Translations

 * Arabic: اعترف
 * Bulgarian: признавам
 * Chinese:, , , , , 招供
 * Danish: bekende, tilstå
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Hebrew: התוודה
 * Hiligaynon:


 * Japanese: (みとめる, mitomeru),  自白する, ,  告解する
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: сознаться, признаться,  покаяться,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Tagalog: (aminin), kumpisal (magkumpisal)


 * Bulgarian: признавам, изповядвам
 * Danish: indrømme, tilstå
 * Hiligaynon:
 * Japanese:


 * Russian: сознаться, признаться
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Tagalog: (aminin)