confessing

Saykuhn-FES-ing/kənˈfɛsɪŋ/

Noun pluralconfessings

2 meanings of confessing

1
verb
Present participle and gerund of confess. Use it for the action happening now or as the name of the action itself.
He spent the whole evening confessing his mistakes to his parents.
Confessing felt like a huge weight off her shoulders.
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2
nouncountable or uncountable
The act of openly telling someone about a wrong thing you did.
Like getting something heavy off your chest by saying it out loud.
His confessing of the theft came as a shock to everyone.
Her quiet confessing put the whole matter to rest.
Similarconfession, admission, acknowledgment
Oppositedenial
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confessing is a form of confess

confess, verb: To admit that you did something wrong, like a crime or a sin. Full entry

Forms: confessconfesses he/she/itconfessing -ing formconfessed past tense, past participle
Spelling: confess → confessing: add -ing

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