confess

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verb

1. confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure (Freq. 10)
• Syn:
squeal, fink
• Derivationally related forms:
fink (for: fink), squealer (for: squeal), confession, confessor
• Hypernyms:
admit, acknowledge
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
2. admit (to a wrongdoing) (Freq. 3)
- She confessed that she had taken the money
• Syn:
concede, profess
• Derivationally related forms:
confession, confessor, profession (for: profess)
• Hypernyms:
admit, acknowledge
• Hyponyms:
make a clean breast of, own up, fess up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
3. confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith
• Derivationally related forms:
confession, confessor
• Hypernyms:
admit, acknowledge
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  concede, profess, squeal, fink