v
Alternative form of fess up [(intransitive, colloquial) To confess to something; to admit something.]
v
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To contradict; to gainsay.
n
A public confession and apology.
n
A defence or excuse; a speech or written answer made to justify someone.
v
(Scotland, law) To accept and reject the same deed or instrument (which is not permitted).
n
(UK, law, obsolete) A confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplices and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon.
v
Obsolete spelling of assoil [To absolve or release (someone) from blame or sin; to forgive, to pardon.]
n
Confession; acknowledgement.
n
(rhetoric) The rhetorical device of conceding or admitting something but pardoning it, as in "he may be a scoundrel, but he's our scoundrel".
n
(law) Synonym of condonation
adj
(obsolete) Condoning; betokening, or relating to, condonement or condonation.
v
(religion) To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution.
n
One who undergoes religious confession.
adv
So as to confess; by way of confession.
n
(law) A confession; a defense of one's faith, or a confession of guilt.
n
The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
n
Obsolete form of confession. [The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).]
adj
(rare) Confessing; constituting a confession or admission.
n
One who confesses to having done something wrong.
adj
That constitutes a confession
n
A person who confesses; a confessor or penitent
n
Alternative letter-case form of confiteor [(Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) A form of prayer in which public confession of sins is made.]
v
To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
n
(law) A defense to a criminal or civil charge wherein the accused party admits to doing acts for which legal consequences would normally be appropriate, but asserts that special circumstances relieve that party of culpability for having done those acts.
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(intransitive, colloquial) To confess to something; to admit something.
v
(obsolete) To confess as true; to acknowledge.
n
an oath taken before officially taking office
v
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To confess.
v
(idiomatic) to acknowledge, confess, or admit guilt or responsibility. Often used with to.
n
One who receives a pardon.
v
Obsolete spelling of praise [To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship.]
v
(rare, obsolete) To recognise.
adj
According to a person's own confession or admission.
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(religion, transitive and intransitive) To hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.)
v
(chiefly in the negative) To trust somebody at all; to have any trust in a person whatsoever.
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