"Confess" validity in different word game dictionaries
Dictionary | Validity |
---|---|
Scrabble US(US/Canada/Thailand - TWL/NWL) | Yes |
Scrabble UK(International - SOWPODS/CSW) | Yes |
Words with Friends(WWF) | Yes |
"confess" Definition
- [intransitive, transitive] to admit, especially formally or to the police, that you have done something wrong or illegal
- [intransitive, transitive] to admit something that you feel ashamed or embarrassed about
- [intransitive, transitive] confess (something) (to somebody) (especially in the Roman Catholic Church) to tell God or a priest about the bad things you have done so that you can say that you are sorry and be forgiven
- [transitive] confess somebody (of a priest) to hear somebody confess their sins (= the bad things they have done)
"confess" Synonyms & Antonyms
"confess" synonyms:
- acknowledge,
- admit,
- reveal,
- declare,
- disclose,
- allow,
- divulge,
- concede,
- grant,
- profess,
- avow,
- confide,
- prove,
- affirm,
- agree,
- assert,
- confirm,
- make-known,
- manifest
"confess" antonyms:
- deny,
- conceal,
- hide,
- repudiate,
- suppress,
- withhold,
- condemn,
- contradict,
- disavow,
- disown,
- keep,
- mask,
- refuse,
- reject,
- repress,
- secrete,
- veto,
- cover-up,
- hush-up