Verb
- 1. confess, squeal, fink, admit, acknowledge
- usage: confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
- 2. concede, profess, confess, admit, acknowledge
- usage: admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money"
- 3. confess, admit, acknowledge
- usage: confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith
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