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.
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(61) At the same time the government has offered reduced sentences and a promise not to extradite traffickers who surrender and confess.
(62) I must confess to the odd panic attack every so often, though ... Now when was this memoir supposed to be in by?
(63) I must confess that in all the times I read Madame Bovary, I never noticed the heroine's rainbow eyes.
(64) I must now confess something which I kept back from you earlier.
(65) But I have never heard him confess his unworthiness in this field of human endeavour.
(66) Messenger's only desire is to talk about himself, to confess, to give expression to his huge ego.
(67) Good morning, Watson! I must confess I felt a trifle guilty about your lonely watch: nothing to report?
(68) It isn't something you want to confess to another man.
(69) Each thief has two choices, either to confess to the crime or not to confess to the crime.
(70) As far as our Elsie is concerned, I confess I am no nearer finding her, not directly anyway.
(71) Under the gloomy strip lighting of a police interrogation cell he might be stripped of his self-possession, and confess.
(72) Inducements were offered to the debtor to confess his insolvency and be frank in his discussion of assets.
(73) This kind of compromise, we confess, raises as many questions as it answers.
(74) I have tended, I confess, to sneer at white stucco walls and red tile roofs.
(75) Sitting watching it Digby was forced to confess that it did sound rather radical.
(76) Not really, but I must confess to experiencing some trouble locating my favourite sounds.
(77) I have often wondered where they do come from but confess that I have absolutely no idea.
(78) Maybe he figured the only way to get her off his back was to confess.
(79) And I confess I feel a little ripple of interest(Sentencedict.com), in response.
(80) The prisoners can each be sure of benefiting if they have a previously agreed pact never to confess, whatever the circumstances.
(81) And yet many of these new churches have to confess they find themselves in precisely this position.
(82) I must confess I was as curious as they were so I kept an eye on the cottage to see who came.
(83) However, I must confess that I do not find this to be a serious problem at least,[sentencedict.com] not yet.
(84) As one of the few females sitting in the audience that day, I confess that I lived up to the stereotype.
(85) I confess that only then did I begin to appreciate the difficulties that Richard Montacune had faced.
(86) He can be redeemed, he can confess his sins, he can expiate his guilt.
(87) The militias have been know to use torture to get people to confess.
(88) I believe the grass hates us when we confess our love for it.
(89) The hearth, which stands for the sanctity of the home, is an apt object to confess her sad fate to.
(90) I have to confess to a little thrill of excitement as I pulled out next morning.
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