bekennen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- acknowledge verb To accept or admit that something is true.
- avow verb To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
- confess verb To admit that you have done something wrong, or that something is true.
- plead verb To argue a case formally, especially in court.
- profess verb To claim or declare something, often about oneself, sometimes insincerely.
Senses
bekennen is used for these senses in English:
- acknowledge (transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in.
- avow (transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
- confess (intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
- plead (ambitransitive, copulative) To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case.
- profess (transitive) To make a claim (to be something); to lay claim to (a given quality, feeling etc.), often with connotations of insincerity. [from 16th c.]
acknowledge — full definition
- verb To accept or admit that something is true.
- verb To recognize someone or something formally, or to respond confirming receipt of something.
avow — full definition
- verb To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
- verb To bind or devote by a vow.
- verb To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.