confessing

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confessing

  • /kənˈfɛsɪŋ/

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of confess

noun confessings

  1. The act of making a confession. He further urged the advantage of keeping alive in the hearts of the people the necessity for appeasing the divine wrath by prayers in the churches, processions, frequent confessings […]

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Closest in meaning: shrive, concede, profess, squeal, acknowledging, admitting, recognizing, confessio, confession, confessional, confessione, confessionary, confiding, confessee, disclosing, admission

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@misc{confessing_2026,
  title = {confessing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/confessing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}