0 present participle of confess
1 to admit that you have done something wrong or something that you feel guilty or bad about:
[ + that ] She confessed to her husband that she had sold her wedding ring.
He confessed to sleeping/having slept through most of the movie.
He has confessed to the murder.
[ + (that) ] I have to confess (that) when I first met Reece I didn't think he was very bright.
It was all very confusing, I must confess.
I must confess that I got my sums wrong - the house extension is costing a lot more than I expected.
The killer confessed that he often drugged his victims before he killed them.
He was granted immunity from prosecution because he confessed the names of the other spies.
At the heart of their message was the practice of confessing private sin.
Nobody prevents us from confessing our religion.
Cyprian attacked the claim of the confessing martyr to give absolution independent of the more formal authority of a bishop on the grounds that this practice was radically new.
