CONFESS

verb see: ban Date: 14th century transitive verb to tell or make known (as something wrong or damaging to oneself) ; admit , 2. to acknowledge (sin) to God or to a priest, to receive the ~ion of (a penitent), to declare faith in or adherence to ; profess , to give evidence of, intransitive verb 1. to disclose one's faults, to hear a ~ion, admit , own , see: acknowledge ~able adjective