"confess" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /kənˈfɛs/ Audio: en-us-confess.ogg [US] Forms: confess [canonical], confesses [third-person, singular], confessed [past], confessed [past, participle], confessing [present, participle]
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  1. When you confess to doing something, you are saying that you did it.
    Sense id: simple-confess-en-verb-YHv7l7DB
     
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