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confess — con·fess /kən fes/ vt: to admit (as a charge or allegation) as true, proven, or valid unless you answer, the petition shall be taken as confessed vi: to make a confession con·fes·sor /kən fe sər/ n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law … Law dictionary
confess — [v] admit, confirm acknowledge, affirm, allow, assert, attest, aver, avow, blow, blurt out, chirp, clue in, come clean*, come out, concede, confide, declare, disclose, divulge, dump on*, evince, finger*, fink*, grant, humble oneself, leak*, let… … New thesaurus
confess — /kənˈfɛs / (say kuhn fes) verb (t) 1. to acknowledge or avow: to confess a secret; to confess a fault; to confess a crime; to confess a debt. 2. to admit the truth or validity of; own: I must confess that I haven t read it. 3. to acknowledge one… …
confess — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French confesser, from confés having confessed, from Latin confessus, past participle of confitēri to confess, from com + fatēri to confess; akin to Latin fari to speak more at ban Date: 14th century… … New Collegiate Dictionary
confess — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. acknowledge, avow, own, admit; disclose, tell, reveal, unbosom, unburden, divulge. See disclosure, penitence, rite. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To admit] Syn. acknowledge, own, concede; see admit 3 . 2.… … English dictionary for students
confess — v 1. acknowledge, admit, allow, grant, concede, avow, own, Inf. own up, Sl. fess up, Sl. come clean, Sl. cop a plea, plead guilty; disbosom, unbosom oneself, make a clean breast, take the load off one s mind, come out with, Inf. get it off one s… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
purge oneself — index confess Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
unbosom oneself — {v. phr.} To confess one s personal thoughts or feelings; disclose private information to a confidante. * /Once she was at home with her mother, she unbosomed herself of all her troubles./ … Dictionary of American idioms
unbosom oneself — {v. phr.} To confess one s personal thoughts or feelings; disclose private information to a confidante. * /Once she was at home with her mother, she unbosomed herself of all her troubles./ … Dictionary of American idioms
unbosom\ oneself — v. phr. To confess one s personal thoughts or feelings; disclose private information to a confidante. Once she was at home with her mother, she unbosomed herself of all her troubles … Словарь американских идиом
penitence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Contrition Nouns 1. penitence, contrition, compunction, repentance, remorse, regret. 2. self reproach, self reproof, self accusation, self condemnation, self humiliation; pangs, qualms, prickings, twinge … English dictionary for students
