English-Estonian translations for confess

• tunnistama
  Proua president, ma pean midagi üles tunnistama. Madam President, I have a confession to make.
  Seetõttu on Lähis-Ida rahuprotsess - peame tunnistama - jäänud eriti õrna faasi. It has left the Middle East peace process - we have to confess - in a particularly fragile state.
  Pean tunnistama, et olin isegi alguses nimetatud idee suhtes pigem skeptiline. I must confess that I was myself initially rather sceptical of this idea.

Definition of confess

• To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed
• To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in
• To unburden of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution
• To hear or receive such a confession of sins from
• To disclose or reveal

Examples

• I confess to spray-painting all over that mural!
• I confess, that I am a sinner.

Related words

• confession
• confessed
• confessor
• confessant
• confessional
• confessionalism
• confessory
• unconfessed
• interconfessional