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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   confess

   • IPA[kənˈfes]

   美式

   • v.
     admit or state that one has committed a crime or is at fault in some way；admit or acknowledge something reluctantly, typically because one feels slightly ashamed or embarrassed

   • verb: confess, 3rd person present: confesses, gerund or present participle: confessing, past tense: confessed, past participle: confessed

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. admit or state that one has committed a crime or is at fault in some way he confessed that he had attacked the old man he wants to confess to Caroline's murder 同義詞 admit, acknowledge, reveal, make known, disclose, ... 更多divulge, make public, avow, declare, blurt out, profess, own up to, tell all about, bring into the open, bring to light, informalblow the lid off, archaicdiscover, own up, admit guilt, plead guilty, accept blame/responsibility, be completely honest, tell the truth, tell all, make a clean breast of it, unbosom oneself, informalcome clean, fess up, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, get something off one's chest, let on, cough反義詞 conceal, deny
   • ▪ admit or acknowledge something reluctantly, typically because one feels slightly ashamed or embarrassed I must confess that I was slightly surprised he confessed to a lifelong passion for food 同義詞 acknowledge, admit, concede, grant, allow, ... 更多own, say, declare, affirm, accept, recognize, be aware of/that, realize, be conscious of/that
   • ▪ declare (one's religious faith) 150 people confessed faith in Christ
   • ▪ declare one's sins formally to a priest I could not confess all my sins to the priest he gave himself up after confessing to a priest
   • ▪ (of a priest) hear the confession of (someone) St. Ambrose would weep bitter tears when confessing a sinner