0 present participle of confess --
1 to admit that you have done something wrong or something that you feel guilty or bad about: --
It was all very confusing, I must confess.
[ + (that) ] I have to confess (that) when I first met Reece I didn't think he was very bright.
He has confessed to the murder.
He confessed to sleeping/having slept through most of the movie.
[ + that ] She confessed to her husband that she had sold her wedding ring.
I am confessing my ignorance of this matter.
You are thereby confessing that inadequate representation of women would be obtained through other channels.
After all, there is nothing to be ashamed of in confessing that.
The fact that we are now openly confessing to this kind of thing is a sign of moral degradation.
She took it home, copied out large chunks of it, confessing that she did not really understand very much of it.
But, instead of coming and confessing failure—not their failure; they did not initiate the scheme—they are to blame to-day for continuing it.
Ultimately, and sadly, it leads to the suspect confessing to offences that are not proved in any other way before the court.
I am confessing quite plainly that we were in error.
