| word | confess |
|---|---|
| definition | verb If someone confesses to doing something wrong, they admit that they did it. He had confessed to seventeen murders. Her husband confessed to having had an affair. I had expected her to confess that she only wrote these books for the money. Most rape victims confess a feeling of helplessness. Ray changed his mind, claiming that he had been forced into confessing. 'I played a very bad match,' he confessed. If someone confesses or confesses their sins, they tell God or a priest about their sins so that they can be forgiven . You just go to the church and confess your sins. Once we have confessed our failures and mistakes to God, we should stop feeling guilty. |
| inflections | confessesconfessingconfessed |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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