confess
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• verb
To admit or acknowledge that one has committed a crime, fault, or wrongdoing.
"After hours of questioning, the suspect finally decided to confess to the burglary."
To state or admit something reluctantly, typically a personal weakness, feeling, or opinion.
"I must confess that I have never actually read the classic novel from start to finish."
To declare one's sins formally to a priest or to God in order to receive absolution, or (of a priest) to hear the confession of a penitent.
"The penitent knelt in the quiet chapel to confess his sins before the holiday."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Old French confesser, from Latin confessus, the past participle of confiteri ('to acknowledge'), formed from com- (intensive prefix) and fateri ('to admit or acknowledge', akin to fari, 'to speak').