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confess
Overview of verb confess
The verb confess has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (10) confess, squeal, shrive, fink -- (confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure)
2. (3) concede, profess, confess -- (admit, make a clean breast of; "She confessed that she had taken the money")
3. confess -- (confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith)
Grep of noun confess
confession
confession of judgement
confession of judgment
confessional
confessor
Antonyms of verb confess
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb confess
3 senses of confess
Sense 1
confess, squeal, shrive, fink
=> admit, acknowledge
=> declare, adjudge, hold
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 2
concede, profess, confess
=> admit, acknowledge
=> declare, adjudge, hold
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 3
confess
=> admit, acknowledge
=> declare, adjudge, hold
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb confess
1 of 3 senses of confess
Sense 2
concede, profess, confess
=> own up, fess up
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb confess
3 senses of confess
Sense 1
confess, squeal, shrive, fink
=> admit, acknowledge
Sense 2
concede, profess, confess
=> admit, acknowledge
Sense 3
confess
=> admit, acknowledge
'Cause To' of verb confess
Derived Forms of verb confess
3 senses of confess
Sense 1
confess, squeal, shrive, fink
RELATED TO>(noun) confession#2
=> confession
RELATED TO>(noun) confession#1
=> confession
RELATED TO>(noun) confessor#2
=> confessor
Sense 2
concede, profess, confess
RELATED TO>(noun) confession#2
=> confession
RELATED TO>(noun) confession#1
=> confession
RELATED TO>(noun) confessor#2
=> confessor
Sense 3
confess
RELATED TO>(noun) confession#3
=> confession
RELATED TO>(noun) confessor#1
=> confessor
Domain of verb confess
Domain Terms of verb confess
Familiarity of verb confess
confess used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb confess
3 senses of confess
Sense 1
confess, squeal, shrive, fink
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
concede, profess, confess
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 3
confess
*> Somebody ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb confess
3 senses of confess
Sense 1
confess, squeal, shrive, fink
> admit, acknowledge
=> attorn
=> write off
=> make no bones about
=> sustain
=> concede, profess, confess
=> confess
=> confess, squeal, shrive, fink
=> avow, avouch
Sense 2
concede, profess, confess
> admit, acknowledge
=> attorn
=> write off
=> make no bones about
=> sustain
=> concede, profess, confess
=> confess
=> confess, squeal, shrive, fink
=> avow, avouch
Sense 3
confess
> admit, acknowledge
=> attorn
=> write off
=> make no bones about
=> sustain
=> concede, profess, confess
=> confess
=> confess, squeal, shrive, fink
=> avow, avouch
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb confess
Sense 1
confess, squeal, shrive, fink
=> admit, acknowledge
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Sense 2
concede, profess, confess
=> admit, acknowledge
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Sense 3
confess
=> admit, acknowledge
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Grep of verb confess
confess
Grep of adv confess
confessedly
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