confess

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From Middle English confessen, from Anglo-Norman confesser, from Old French confesser, from Medieval Latin confessāre, a derivative of Middle English confessus (Old French confes), past participle of confitērī "to confess, admit" from con- + fatērī (to admit). Displaced Middle English andetten "to confess, admit" (from Old English andettan).

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confess (third-person singular simple present confesses, present participle confessing, simple past and past participle confessed)

  1. To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed
  2. To disclose or reveal
    People confess to anything under torture.

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