confess

• Verbo usado para indicar o ato de admitir ou confirmar algo, geralmente uma falta ou um sentimento pessoal, muitas vezes de maneira formal ou sincera; também pode significar declarar os próprios pecados a um sacerdote.

A verb used to indicate the act of admitting or acknowledging something, typically a wrongdoing or a personal feeling, often in a formal or sincere manner.

1. Admit wrongdoingB1formal

   To admit that you have done something wrong or illegal.

   Confessar

   • The suspect confessed to the crime during the interrogation.
   • She confessed that she had broken the vase.
   • He finally confessed his guilt to the judge.

   Sinônimosacknowledgeadmitconcedeown up

   Antônimosconcealdenyhide

2. Acknowledge a feeling or truthB2formal

   To admit something personal or private, often with reluctance.

   Confessar

   • I must confess that I was nervous before the speech.
   • She confessed her love for him in a letter.
   • He confessed that he didn't understand the instructions.

   Sinônimosacknowledgeadmitconcedediscloseown upreveal

   Antônimosconcealdenyhidesuppresswithhold

3. Religious confessionB2formal

   To formally admit sins to a priest in some Christian traditions.

   Confessar

   • He went to church to confess his sins.
   • The priest listened as she confessed her transgressions.
   • In Catholicism, believers confess their sins to receive absolution.

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