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What does confess mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word confess? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
  2. To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.
  3. (religion) To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution.
  4. (religion) To hear or receive such a confession of sins from.
  5. To disclose or reveal.
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Juliet tells Nurse to tell her mother that she is going to Friar Laurence's cell to confess her sins and be absolved.
I am going to confess to being a little bit of a keener, I did mine yesterday and did not go drinking.
He did after all confess, without a whisper of remorse, to carrying out the bombing.
He'd take her into his arms, confess that he was madly in love with her and kiss her passionately.
I admit that I proceeded with a heavy heart to read this weighty tome, but confess that I found each chapter pleasantly surprising.
I must confess that I have always found the concept of symbolic realism to be somewhat disconcerting.

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