/kənˈfes/
#1773 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
To say that you did something wrong, or to tell a secret that you kept hidden.
Word origin
From Latin confiteri, meaning to own up or admit.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- confiteri
- English cognates
- confession
Grammar
Verb typeregular (confess, confesses, confessed)
Examples
.
"Confess" means say that you did the wrong thing.
, .
"I must confess" is a soft way to admit a small mistake.
.
Here "confess" means tell something you kept hidden.
Add to review queue
Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.
Go to my review queueThis word is part of lesson 36.