confesses Definition

confess
verb confesses, confessed, confessing

tr & intr
1a. To own up to (a fault, wrongdoing, etc);

Thesaurus: admit, concede, acknowledge, declare, own up, fess up (US slang), profess, avow, disclose; Antonym: conceal, withhold.
tr & intr
1b. To admit (a disagreeable fact, etc) reluctantly.

Thesaurus: admit, concede, acknowledge, declare, avow.
tr & intr
2. Christianity.
To declare (one's sins) to a priest or directly to God, in order to gain absolution.
3. Said of a priest: to hear the confession of someone.

Derivative: confessed
adj

Admitted.

Derivative: confessedly
adverb

Etymology: 14c: from French confesser.