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| 1. | to acknowledge or avow (a fault, crime, misdeed, weakness, etc.) by way of revelation. |
| 2. | to own or admit as true: I must confess that I haven't read the book. |
| 3. | to declare or acknowledge (one's sins), esp. to God or a priest in order to obtain absolution. |
| 4. | (of a priest) to hear the confession of (a person). |
| 5. | to acknowledge one's belief or faith in; declare adherence to. |
| 6. | to reveal by circumstances. |
| 7. | to make confession; plead guilty; own: to confess to a crime. |
| 8. | to make confession of sins, esp. to a priest. |
| 9. | (of a priest) to hear confession. |