Translation
to confess, to admit
Examples
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He confessed his guilt in front of everyone.
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I have to admit that I was wrong.
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She confessed her sins to the priest.
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The boy admitted that he took the money.
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Confess the truth, and it will all be over.
covers both the confessional and the ordinary admission, and takes a direct object, a clause, or for the person you are confessing to. The most useful thing about it for a learner is the discourse move: , is the standard Esperanto way of softening an unwelcome opinion, exactly as English uses I must admit. Konfeso is the confession itself, o the box you make it in, and kredon shades towards professing a faith rather than owning up.
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