LekhoriLekhoriTo admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
I confess to spray-painting all over that mural!
To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.
Whosoever, therefore, shall confess me before men, him will I confess, also, before my Father which is in heaven.
To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution.
If we confesse our sinnes, hee is faithfull, & iust to forgiue vs our sinnes, and to cleanse vs from all vnrighteousnesse.
From Middle English confessen, from Anglo-Norman confesser, from Old French confesser, from Latin confessus (Old French confés), past participle of cōnfiteor (“I confess, I admit”) from con- + fateor ...
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