1. Confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
   - squeal, fink [N. Amer] 
2. Admit (to a wrongdoing)
   "She confessed that she had taken the money"
   - concede, profess 
3. Confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith

Derived forms: confessing, confessed, confesses

See also: confession, confessor

Type of: acknowledge, admit

Encyclopedia: Confess

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