verb
ADVERB
▪ freely , openly , publicly , readily
▪ allegedly
VERB + CONFESS
▪ have to , must
▪
I must ~ that I didn't have much faith in her ideas.
PREPOSITION
▪ to
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He was arrested and ~ed to the murder.
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She ~ed to me that she had known his true identity for some time.
Confess is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ crime , ↑ feeling , ↑ guilt , ↑ ignorance , ↑ love , ↑ sin