Verb

(es)

(senseid) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.

People confess to anything under torture.

* Shakespeare

I never gave it him. Send for him hither, / And let him confess a truth.

* Milton

And there confess / Humbly our faults, and pardon beg.

* Addison

I must confess I was most pleased with a beautiful prospect that none of them have mentioned.

To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.

* Bible, Matthew x. 32

Whosoever, therefore, shall confess' me before men, him will I ' confess , also, before my Father which is in heaven.

* Bible, Acts xxiii. 8

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both.

(religion) To unburden (oneself) of sins to a priest, in order to receive absolution.

* Addison

Our beautiful votary took an opportunity of confessing herself to this celebrated father.

(religion) To hear or receive such a confession of sins from.

* Ld. Berners

He heard mass, and the prince, his son, with him, and the most part of his company were confessed .

(senseid) To disclose or reveal.

* Alexander Pope

Tall thriving trees confessed the fruitful mould.

Verb

(head)

(admit)

Verb

(admitt)

To allow to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take.

A ticket admits one into a playhouse.

They were admitted into his house.

to admit a serious thought into the mind

to admit evidence in the trial of a cause

To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.

to admit an attorney to practice law

the prisoner was admitted to bail

To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess.

the argument or fact is admitted

he admitted his guilt

she admitted taking drugs'' / ''she admitted to taking drugs

* 2011 , Kitty Kelley, Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography (ISBN 1451674767):

His sister, Patti, also admitted taking drugs,

To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.

the words do not admit such a construction.

* Holder

Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing.

To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).

circumstance do not admit of this

the text does not admit of this interpretation

To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.

* {{quote-news, year=2011

, date=December 16 , author=Denis Campbell , title=Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients' , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage="This shocking report proves once again that we urgently need a radical shake-up of hospital care," said Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Society. "Given that people with dementia occupy a quarter of hospital beds and that many leave in worse health than when they were admitted , it is unacceptable that training in dementia care is not the norm."}}