CONFESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does confess mean?
• CONFESS (verb)
The verb CONFESS has 3 senses:
1. confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
2. admit, make a clean breast of
3. confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith
Familiarity information: CONFESS used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CONFESS (verb)
Meaning:
Confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
confess; shrive; fink; squeal
Hypernyms (to "confess" is one way to...):
acknowledge; admit (declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Admit, make a clean breast of
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
concede; confess; profess
Context example:
She confessed that she had taken the money
Hypernyms (to "confess" is one way to...):
acknowledge; admit (declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "confess"):
fess up; own up (admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "confess" is one way to...):
acknowledge; admit (declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
