confessed

Meaning of confessed

verb, past tense
  1. admit that one has committed a crime or done something wrong.
    he confessed that he had attacked the old man
    he wants to confess to Caroline's murder
    ‘I damaged your car,’ she confessed

late Middle English: from Old French confesser, from Latin confessus, past participle of confiteri ‘acknowledge’, from con- (expressing intensive force) + fateri ‘declare, avow’.

Information about confessed

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of confessed

con-fessed

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • confessed is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

confessed synonyms

Meaning confess to be true or to be the case:

admit

Meaning accept or admit the existence or truth of:

acknowledge

Meaning make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others:

reveal

Meaning make (secret or new information) known:

disclose

Meaning make known (private or sensitive information):

divulge

Meaning assert or confess openly:

avow

Meaning say something in a solemn and emphatic manner:

declare

Meaning affirm one's faith in or allegiance to (a religion or set of beliefs):

profess

Meaning find unexpectedly or during a search:

discover

Meaning reveal information; confess:

cough

confessed antonyms

Meaning not allow to be seen; hide:

conceal

Meaning state that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of:

deny

Words that rhyme with confessed

ssed, amassed, assed, badassed, bassed, biassed, brassed, bypassed, canvassed, carcassed, chassed, classed, compassed, crevassed, cuirassed, debarrassed, declassed, degassed, disembarrassed, embarrassed, encompassed, encuirassed, fiberglassed, forepassed, gassed, glassed, grassed, harassed, massed, misbiassed, misclassed, outclassed, outgassed, outpassed, overgrassed, overpassed, passed, preassed, repassed, sassed, subclassed, surpassed, teargassed, trespassed, unamassed, unbiassed, uncanvassed, unclassed, uncompassed, uncrevassed

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