| Verb | 1. | confess - confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressureacknowledge, admit - declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten" | |
| 2. | confess - admit, make a clean breast of; "She confessed that she had taken the money"acknowledge, admit - declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten" | |
| 3. | confess - confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faithacknowledge, admit - declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten" | |