confiteor — meaning in English

English meaning

• admit verb To allow someone or something to enter.
• confess verb To admit that you have done something wrong, or that something is true.

Senses

confiteor is used for these senses in English:

• admit (transitive, or, intransitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).
• confess (intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.

admit — full definition

1. verb To allow someone or something to enter.
2. verb To acknowledge, often reluctantly, that something is true.

confess — full definition

1. verb To admit that you have done something wrong, or that something is true.
2. verb To tell a priest about your sins as part of a religious practice.

Related Latin words