Antonyms for confess


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuhn-fes
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈfɛs


Definition of confess

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French confesser (transitive and intransitive), from Vulgar Latin *confessare, from Latin confess-, past participle stem of confiteri "to acknowledge," from com- "together" (see com-) + fateri "to admit," akin to fari "speak" (see fame (n.)).
  • Its original religious sense was of one who avows his religion in spite of persecution or danger but does not suffer martyrdom. Old French confesser thus had a figurative sense of "to harm, hurt, make suffer." Related: Confessed; confessing. An Old English word for it was andettan.
  • verb admit, confirm
Example sentences :
  • I confess, Eudora, it pained me to see you listen to his idle flattery.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • How is it possible for me to confess, when I tell you I know nothing about her?
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • To confess the strange truth, he never told me you were musical.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Out of your bed and down on your knees to your own blessed father, and confess your sins.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • It is not easy for an Anglo-Saxon to confess the realities of affection in vital intimacies.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • I am willing to confess that my poor black Dirk was a bit of a genius.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • I confess that there was something eerie in the isolation and remoteness of St. nimie.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • A teacher should have no favorites, but I must confess to a strong liking for your son.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • Mortimer was forced to confess that he didn't quite remember Juggler.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • See, now; I give you five minutes by my watch in which to confess your wrong-doing.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa

Synonyms for confess

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