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Confess   /kənfˈɛs/   Listen
Confess

verb
(past & past part. confessed; pres. part. confessing)
1.
Confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure.  Synonyms: fink, squeal.
2.
Admit (to a wrongdoing).  Synonyms: concede, profess.
3.
Confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith.



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"Confess" Quotes from Famous Books



... theology, (notwithstanding we might find countenance in Dr. Pond of Bangor, who writes to Dr. Beecher, "In Maine we do not sympathize very deeply in your Presbyterian squabbles, except to look on and laugh at you all!") it may be permitted us as laymen to confess a greater interest in the phenomena than in the event of the struggle. We leave it, therefore, to our ecclesiastical contemporaries to descend into the arena and fight their battles o'er again, content ourselves to stand without and give thanks for the Divine voice that rises above ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 • Various
... of young womanhood in Greece exist than the Artemis from Gabii already cited (Fig. 5). One must confess that the divine element in it is but slight. But what could be fresher, simpler, more ...
— The Legacy of Greece • Various
... fated to be buried in the oratory of a distant convent, I should not have sent it to its destination without obtaining your permission to do so. I could have known your name whenever I wished; I already knew your address; and I intended, when the time came, to confess the liberty I had taken, and ask you to visit my studio. I should then have said what I say now: if the likeness displeases you I can, with a few strokes of my chisel, so change it as to make ...
— The Deputy of Arcis • Honore de Balzac
... equal; but I confess I am no judge of Levantine nobility," his grace added, with a mingled expression of pride ...
— Lothair • Benjamin Disraeli
... is unable to furnish those further proofs demanded by the Lord Huanacocha. But what of that? Does this absence of recollection invalidate all the other proofs that have been given? How many of us remember any of our former states of existence distinctly enough to recall any of their happenings? I confess that I do not. Does my Lord Huanacocha, or do ...
— Harry Escombe - A Tale of Adventure in Peru • Harry Collingwood


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