confess verb
ADV. freely, openly | allegedly | ruefully, sheepishly
VERB + CONFESS have to, must I must confess that I didn't have much faith in her ideas.
PREP. to He was arrested and confessed to the murder. She confessed to me that she had known his true identity for some time.
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