Definitions
admit (to a wrongdoing)
Word origin
From Middle English confessen, from Anglo-Norman confesser, from Old French confesser, from Latin confessus (Old French confés), past participle of cōnfiteor (“to confess, admit”) from con- + fateor (“to admit”). Displaced Middle English andetten (“to confess, admit”) (from Old English andettan). Doublet of confiteor.
Used in a sentence
“I confess to spray-painting all over that mural!”
“I confess that I am a sinner.”
“I never gave it him. Send for him hither, / And let him confess a truth.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Admit guilt”7 letters
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