Nor am I ashamed to confess my ignorance.
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Confess
//kənˈfɛs//
Synonyms for "confess" (119 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (59)
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1 entriesRelated terms
6 entriesderived
14 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
127 translations across 45 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ὁμολογέω verb (to admit to the truth)
- ὁμολογέω verb (to acknowledge faith in)
Arabic
3 entries- أَقَرَّ verb (to admit to the truth)
- اِعْتَرَفَ verb (to admit to the truth)
- قر verb (to admit to the truth)
Armenian
1 entries- խոստովանել verb (to admit to the truth)
Bulgarian
4 entries- изповядвам verb (to acknowledge faith in)
- изповядвам verb (to disclose or reveal)
- изповядвам се verb (to disclose everything to a Catholic priest)
- признавам verb (to admit to the truth)
Catalan
1 entries- confessar verb (to admit to the truth)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 供認 /供认 verb (to admit to the truth)
- 告解 verb (to disclose everything to a Catholic priest)
- 坦白 verb (to admit to the truth)
- 宣信 verb (to acknowledge faith in)
Czech
4 entries- doznat se verb (to admit to the truth)
- přiznat verb (to admit to the truth)
- přiznat se verb (to admit to the truth)
- vyznat se verb (to disclose everything to a Catholic priest)
Danish
4 entries- bekende verb (to admit to the truth)
- indrømme verb (to disclose or reveal)
- skrifte verb (to disclose everything to a Catholic priest)
- tilstå verb (to admit to the truth)
Dutch
3 entries- bekennen verb (to admit to the truth)
- belijden verb (to acknowledge faith in)
- biechten verb (to disclose everything to a Catholic priest)
Esperanto
4 entries- allasi verb (to admit to the truth)
- konfesi verb (to admit to the truth)
- konfesi verb (to disclose everything to a Catholic priest)
- konfesi verb (to disclose or reveal)
Finnish
4 entries- ilmiantaa verb (to disclose or reveal)
- tunnustaa verb (to admit to the truth)
- tunnustaa verb (to acknowledge faith in)
- tunnustaa verb (to disclose or reveal)
French
3 entries- avouer verb (to admit to the truth)
- confesser verb (to admit to the truth)
- confesser verb (to acknowledge faith in)
Galician
2 entries- confesar verb (to admit to the truth)
- confesar verb (to disclose everything to a Catholic priest)
Georgian
1 entries- გამოტყდომა verb (to admit to the truth)
German
4 entries- beichten verb (to disclose everything to a Catholic priest)
- bekennen verb (to admit to the truth)
- gestehen verb (to admit to the truth)
- verraten verb (to admit to the truth)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 verb (to admit to the truth)
Greek
4 entries- εξομολογώ verb (to admit to the truth)
- εξομολογώ verb (to hear or receive a confession of sins from)
- ομολογώ verb (to admit to the truth)
- ομολογώ verb (to acknowledge faith in)
Hebrew
1 entries- התוודה verb (to admit to the truth)
Hiligaynon
2 entries- tuad verb (to admit to the truth)
- tuad verb (to disclose or reveal)
Hungarian
4 entries- beismer verb (to admit to the truth)
- bevall verb (to admit to the truth)
- elismer verb (to acknowledge faith in)
- gyónik verb (to disclose everything to a Catholic priest)
Icelandic
1 entries- skrifta verb (to disclose everything to a Catholic priest)
Ingrian
1 entries- tunnustaa verb (to admit to the truth)
Irish
3 entries- admhaigh verb (to admit to the truth)
- admhaigh verb (to acknowledge faith in)
- admhaigh verb (to disclose or reveal)
Italian
1 entries- confessare verb (to admit to the truth)
Japanese
4 entries- 告白する verb (to admit to the truth)
- 告白する verb (to disclose or reveal)
- 告解 verb (to disclose everything to a Catholic priest)
- 告解する verb (to admit to the truth)
Khmer
1 entries- សារភាព verb (to admit to the truth)
Korean
1 entries- 고해 verb (to disclose everything to a Catholic priest)
Latin
2 entries- confiteor verb (to admit to the truth)
- fateor verb (to admit to the truth)
Maltese
2 entries- qarr verb (to admit to the truth)
- qarr verb (to disclose everything to a Catholic priest)
Mongolian
2 entries- улайх verb (to admit to the truth)
- үнэнээ хэлэх verb (to admit to the truth)
Māori
2 entries- whāki verb (to admit to the truth)
- whāki verb (to disclose or reveal)
Norwegian
2 entries- skrifte verb (to disclose everything to a Catholic priest)
- tilstå verb (to admit to the truth)
Old English
1 entries- andettan verb (to admit to the truth)
Persian
1 entries- خستو شدن verb (to admit to the truth)
Polish
3 entries- przyznawać się verb (to admit to the truth)
- przyznać się verb (to admit to the truth)
- spowiadać się verb (to disclose everything to a Catholic priest)
Portuguese
2 entries- confessar verb (to admit to the truth)
- confessar verb (to disclose or reveal)
Romanian
2 entries- mărturisi verb (to admit to the truth)
- spovedi verb (to admit to the truth)
Russian
4 entries- испове́даться verb (to disclose everything to a Catholic priest)
- испове́доваться verb (to disclose everything to a Catholic priest)
- пока́яться verb (to admit to the truth)
- призна́ть verb (to admit to the truth)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- aidich verb (to admit to the truth)
- aidich verb (to disclose or reveal)
Spanish
1 entries- confesar verb (to admit to the truth)
Swedish
3 entries- bikta verb (to disclose everything to a Catholic priest)
- erkänna verb (to admit to the truth)
- tillstå verb (to admit to the truth)
Tagalog
4 entries- amin (aminin) verb (to admit to the truth)
- amin (aminin) verb (to disclose or reveal)
- kumpisal (magkumpisal) verb (to admit to the truth)
- mangumpisal verb (to admit to the truth)
Thai
1 entries- สารภาพ verb (to admit to the truth)
Turkish
2 entries- günah çıkarmak verb (to disclose everything to a Catholic priest)
- itiraf etmek verb (to admit to the truth)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thú nhận verb (to admit to the truth)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
The torture made him confess to crimes he had not committed.
Source: tatoeba (241342)
The murderer will soon confess his crime.
Source: tatoeba (244946)
I was compelled to confess.
Source: tatoeba (261887)
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