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Confess Past Tense
The past tense of Confess is confessed.
1. confess
verb. ['kənˈfɛs'] confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure.
Synonyms
Etymology
- confessen (Middle English (1100-1500))
- confesser (Anglo-Norman)
Rhymes with Confess
- transgress
- nevertheless
- stds
- nonetheless
- l'express
- dispossess
- convalesce
- tcas
- simplesse
- repossess
- reinvests
- progress
- kjos
- hces
- express'
- express
- distress
- compress
- cmos
- adss
- abts
- uys
- uss
- undress
- suppress
- suggests
- success
- requests
- repress
- regress
How do you pronounce confess?
Pronounce confess as kənˈfɛs.
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Sentences with confess
1. Verb, base form
Remind readers that couples need to openly confess their love and dedication for one another.
2. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Catholics confess their sins to a priest to reduce the inevitable punishment.
3. Adverb
When you do confess, he makes you feel safe and comfortable.
Quotes about confess
1. A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.
- Albert Camus
2. Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor?
- Frank Moore Colby
3. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depth of your heart; confess to yourself you would have to die if you were forbidden to write.
- Rainer Maria Rilke
2. confess
verb. ['kənˈfɛs'] admit (to a wrongdoing).
Etymology
- confessen (Middle English (1100-1500))
- confesser (Anglo-Norman)