Synonym: acknowledge, admit, consent. Antonym: conceal. Similar words: confession, conference, profession, professional, confuse, confirm, conflict, confront. Meaning: [kən'fes] 
v. 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.
v. 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. 
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(31) I must confess I don't visit my parents as often as I should.
(32) The traitor refused to confess and was racked at last.
(33) I must confess I'm not a great enthusiast for long political programmes.
(34) I have to confess I'm a bit of a sucker for musicals.
(35) They tortured the man to make him confess his crime.
(36) Right off I want to confess that I was wrong.
(37) He had a chance to confess and expiate his guilt.
(38) Oh, all right, I confess.
(39) I am rather shaken, I have to confess.
(40) I confess that I hoped not.
(41) In time, I confess, even I became a convert.
(42) By Vanessa Feltz I do it, I confess.
(43) They were very polite, I must confess.
(44) I must confess some personal interest in these proposals.
(45) I am a sinner, Lord, and confess my sin.
(46) For a while I was stumped[sentencedict.com], I confess.
(47) I wanted to confess my sin.
(48) Even quite wealthy individuals confess to conjuring up images of going cold and hungry.
(49) I must confess, Holmes, I had thought there were few more futile questions than speculations about the existence of atoms.
(50) He had had to confess his carnal thoughts to Father Devlin and had been severely censured.
(51) I must confess I felt a trifle guilty about your lonely watch: nothing to report? I thought as much.
(52) Central Office experts had to confess that their harshest forecast had been far exceeded.
(53) I confess that I was surprised that this weighty matter was decided so quickly and with so little ceremony.
(54) Black called deputies July 10 to confess the April 9 murder.
(55) But I knew it was best not to confess what I had seen inside her garden shed.
(56) He has no way of knowing how many obey because most no longer confess to using modern contraceptives.
(57) Veronica was worried that she might forget herself and confess her true feelings.
(58) The purpose was to encourage other spies to confess since obtaining proof of spying without compromising sources of information is almost impossible.
(59) Mr Dawkins, the prison chaplain,[sentencedict.com] did his best to persuade Linkworth to confess his crime.
(60) Like conscientious believers everywhere they confess a wide range of sins of omission and commission.
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