WordRel.com

• confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure

  synonym	finksqueal
  derivation	confessionconfessionconfessor
  other	confessionconfessionconfessor
  hypernym	acknowledgeadmit

• admit (to a wrongdoing)

  synonym	concedeprofess
  derivation	confessionconfessionconfessor
  other	confessionconfessionconfessor
  hypernym	acknowledgeadmit
  hyponym	fess upmake a clean breast ofown up

• confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith

  derivation	confessionconfessor
  other	confessionconfessor
  hypernym	acknowledgeadmit