Confess
verb — past tense: confessed ; past participle: confessed ; present participle: confessing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE, INTRANSITIVE) ~ (to something doing something); ~ (something) (to somebody) (to state formally that one has done wrong or has a weakness, to admit or acknowledge, to tell (one's sins) to God or a priest, to hear the confession of (a person). Confess to to admit or admit having) សារភាព, ទទួលការពិត, សារទោស, ទទួលខ្លួន, ប្រកាស, ទទួលស្គាល់ការសម្ដែងទោស, ឆ្លើយទទួលសារភាព
Example: I confess I love you very much. - 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) សារភាព, ទទួលស្គាល់
- confess to
- សារភាព, ទទួលស្គាល់កំហុស
- ប្រឹក្សាយោបល់
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: confessed ; past participle: confessed ; present participle: confessing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To make acknowledgment or avowal in a matter pertaining to one's self; to acknowledge, own, or admit, as a crime, a fault, a debt.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To make known or acknowledge, as one's sins to a priest, in order to receive absolution; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) To hear or receive such confession; -- said of a priest.
- 6.
- (TRANSITIVE) To disclose or reveal, as an effect discloses its cause; to prove; to attest.
- 7.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience.
- 8.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To acknowledge; to admit; to concede.
- 1.
- acknowledge, admit, allow, avow, concede, divulge, grant, own, reveal
- 1.
- conceal, deny, disown, renounce