transcription, транскрипция: [ kən-ˈfes ]
verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French confesser, from confés having confessed, from Latin confessus, past participle of confitēri to confess, from com- + fatēri to confess; akin to Latin fari to speak — more at ban
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1. : to tell or make known (as something wrong or damaging to oneself) : admit
he confess ed his guilt
2.
a. : to acknowledge (sin) to God or to a priest
b. : to receive the confession of (a penitent)
3. : to declare faith in or adherence to : profess
4. : to give evidence of
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to disclose one's faults ; specifically : to unburden one's sins or the state of one's conscience to God or to a priest
b. : to hear a confession
2. : admit , own
confess to a crime
Synonyms: see acknowledge
• con·fess·able -ˈfe-sə-bəl adjective