Confess

kon-fes', v. t. [-fe ed (-fesf), -fe ixg.] To acknowledge or admit, as a crime, fault, debt, etc. to own or recognize; to admit as true, a ent to. (Eccl.) To declare (one's sins) to a priest, in order to receive absolution; to hear such confe ion; to disclose or reveal, as an effect its cause. — v. i. To make confe ion. — Confe3'sion, -fesh'un, n. Acknowledgment admi ion; of a debt, obligation, or crime. (Eccl.) Act of disclosing sins to a priest. stin, cube, full; moon, fdot; cow, oil A formulary stating articles of faith.— Confes's ional, n. The seat where a confe or sits to hear confe ions. — Confes's ionalism, -izm, n. The principle of making confe ion; principle of formulating the beliefs of a church into a confe ion of faith, and exacting acceptance thereof from its members. — Confes sionary, -a-rT, a. Pert, to auricular confe ion. — Confe 'or,-er, n. One who acknowledges his sins or obligations. (Eccl.) One who profe es faith in the Christian religion. A priest who hears confe ions.