Sentence examples for to confess from inspiring English sources

Suggestions(5)

to acknowledge

to recognize

to say

to approve

to accept

"to confess" is an appropriate phrase in written English.
It can be used as a verb or as a noun when talking about confessing or a confession. For example, "The prisoner was asked to confess his crimes."

Dictionary

to confess

verb

To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.

I confess to spray-painting all over that mural!

synonyms

Exact(60)

I have to confess not.

The New York Times

Machiavelli had nothing to confess.

The New Yorker

He still refused to confess.

The New York Times

I have nothing to confess.

The New Yorker

I have to confess that".

The New Yorker

I had to confess.

The New York Times

And people tend to confess to Kevin".

The New York Times

He wasn't trying to confess anything.

The New York Times

I have to confess, I sympathise.

The Guardian - Film

" Li Jun said he refused to confess.

The New York Times

Some came forward to confess.

The New York Times

More suggestions(15)

to plead

to recognise

to declare

to concede

to tell

to admit

to confession

to recognizing

to admitted

to fell

to told

to acknowledgement

to am

to acknowledged

to recognition

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