[kənˈfɛs], (Verb)

Definitions:
- admit that one has committed a crime or done something wrong
(e.g: he confessed that he had attacked the old man)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French confesser, from Latin confessus, past participle of confiteri ‘acknowledge’, from con- (expressing intensive force) + fateri ‘declare, avow’