English-Russian translations for confess

• призна́ться
• созна́ться
• исповедоваться
• пока́яться
• призна́ть

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