To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed. / To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.

(obsolete) One who confesses to a priest.

That can be confessed.

plural of confessant

The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad). / A formal document providing such an admission.

simple past tense and past participle of confess

Which one admits or avows.

Obsolete spelling of confess

present participle of confess

The act of making a confession.