Verb
To make acknowledgment or avowal in a matter pertaining to one's self; to acknowledge, own, or admit, as a crime, a fault, a debt.
To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment.
To make known or acknowledge, as one's sins to a priest, in order to receive absolution; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.
To hear or receive such confession; -- said of a priest.
To disclose or reveal, as an effect discloses its cause; to prove; to attest.
To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience.
To acknowledge; to admit; to concede.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart. Jerome
We confess to little faults only to persuade ourselves we have no great ones. François de La Rochefoucauld
I confess I do not know why, but looking at the stars always makes me dream. Vincent van Gogh
To deny everything is to confess everything. Spanish Proverb
Confess and be hanged. Portuguese Proverb
To deny all, is to confess all. Spanish Proverb