confess
71Confessing — Confess Con*fess , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confessing}.] [F. confesser, fr. L. confessus, p. p. of confiteri to confess; con + fateri to confess; akin to fari to speak. See 2d {Ban}, {Fame}.] 1. To make acknowledgment or …
72confestly — confessˈedly or confestˈly adverb • • • Main Entry: ↑confess …
73confessoress — confessˈoress noun • • • Main Entry: ↑confess …
74confessorship — confessˈorship noun • • • Main Entry: ↑confess …
75Cough — confess (figurative meaning) …
76Fess up — confess, own up …
77Spill one's guts — confess to something; reveal information …
78come clean — confess, tell the truth …
79spill one's guts — confess everything, divulge all (Slang) …
80plead guilty — Confess guilt, acknowledge the charge, own the soft impeachment, cry peccavi, sing miserere, make a clean breast of it, be down on one s marrow bones …