Clues for the word "CONFESS"
We've had 14 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 38 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on January 15, 2026.
Definition of confess
- v. t. - To make acknowledgment or avowal in a matter pertaining to one's self; to acknowledge, own, or admit, as a crime, a fault, a debt.
- v. t. - To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.
- v. t. - To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment.
- v. t. - To make known or acknowledge, as one's sins to a priest, in order to receive absolution; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.
- v. t. - To hear or receive such confession; -- said of a priest.
- v. t. - To disclose or reveal, as an effect discloses its cause; to prove; to attest.
- v. i. - To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience.
- v. i. - To acknowledge; to admit; to concede.
Referring Clues
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - January 15, 2026
- Daily Quick - January 14, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - October 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 09, 2025
- Daily Quick - December 30, 2024
- Daily Quick - June 26, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - June 05, 2024
- Daily Quick - January 14, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - April 24, 2023
- Daily Quick - December 30, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 20, 2022
- Daily Quick - June 26, 2022
- Daily Quick - January 14, 2018
- LA Times - December 25, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - April 24, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - June 24, 2016
- Evening Standard Quick - May 04, 2016
- Universal - January 22, 2016
- Universal - November 05, 2015
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - October 11, 2015
- New York Times - July 06, 2015
- LA Times - December 07, 2014
- New York Times - July 16, 2013
- Guardian Quick - February 21, 2012
- Netword - December 24, 2011
- Family Time - August 08, 2011
- Netword - March 06, 2011
- Guardian Cryptic - June 22, 2010
- New York Times - February 08, 2010
- Family Time - January 17, 2010
- And in 8 more crossword puzzles...