Synonyms for confess

Some common synonyms of confess are: confess [v. a.] 1. Acknowledge (as a crime or fault), own, avow, admit. 2. Admit, grant, concede, recognize. 3. (Poetical.) Attest, prove, show, exhibit, manifest, be proof of. 4. Receive or hear one's ~ion (as a priest), shrive.