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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(91) The whole thing was a set up to get Burley to confess.
(92) Two of the accused nurses told the court they were forced to confess to an international conspiracy under torture.
(93) He was forced to confess that he had probably been within hours of Juan Fernandez Island when he abandoned west for east.
(94) But I must confess it is by far the most irksome I have ever tried.
(95) I will not go to Kent until I hear from you. I confess I am reluctant to go.
(96) They usually seem disappointed when I confess that the hardest thing to deal with is lack of sleep.
(97) Social reform was very worthy, of course, but I confess I'd rather hear about the battles.
(98) That, I must confess, is the bit I don't understand.
(99) She looked at Bill questioningly, as though expecting him to confess on the way to the cemetery.
(100) I must confess that I would prefer to see a pigtail with an earring rather than the traditional civil service bowler hat.
(101) Officials now confess that about 100 factories in Moscow are crammed with flammable materials.
(102) But both confess that they originally learned to play guitar and did so from an adolescent adoration of Western pop music.
(103) I confess I did not see the sting in the tail coming.
(104) Should we all confess our sins to one another we would all laugh at one another for our lack of originality. Kahlil Gibran
(105) It was fantastic and, I must confess, infinitely preferable to staying on my feet for two hours.
(106) I confess without shame I was unmanned - choked with dust and tears both.
(107) I wanted to confess to her once but balanced that against the need to be loved by her.
(108) Confess your unworthy behaviour and beg his honour's forgiveness for all your faults.
(109) For the first time in my life I could not confess all my sins to the priest.
(110) How could she confess that they'd been right about Ryan?
(111) That man was Boldwood, on his way to Casterbridge to confess to his crime.
(112) I confess to remembering nothing and no one better than Kip, my parents and sister Bonnie Jean included.
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(113) Should she confess all and refuse to attend at Mrs Tiverton's morning do?
(114) She started to count how many people, who might not confess it in simple language, were relieved MacQuillan had gone.
(115) I am half ashamed to confess it.
(116) I confess I became a courtesan.
(117) Most people confess to a bad memory.
(118) I must confess myself completely puzzled by the question.
(119) Let us now confess our sins to Almighty God.
(120) I freely confess I'm as dotty as you are.
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