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Confess (film)
WordNet
verb
(1) Admit, make a clean breast of
"She confessed that she had taken the money"
(2) Confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith
(3) Confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
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Etymology
From confessen from confesser from confesser from confessāre, a derivative of confessus ( confes), past participle of confitērī "to confess, admit" from con- + fatērī "to admit". Displaced andetten "to confess, admit" (from andettan).