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reconfess

reconfess verb: to confess again or anew.

Verb

reconfess (third-person singular simple present reconfesses, present participle reconfessing, simple past and past participle reconfessed)

  1. To confess again or anew.
    • The killer retracted his confession, but later reconfessed.

Forms of reconfess

third-person singular presentreconfesses
present participlereconfessing
past participlereconfessed
pastreconfessed

Origin of reconfess

From re- + confess.

Questions about reconfess

What does reconfess mean?
Reconfess means to confess again or anew.
What part of speech is reconfess?
Reconfess is a verb.
What is the past tense of reconfess?
The past tense of reconfess is reconfessed.

Words near reconfess in the dictionary

  1. reconducts
  2. reconfer
  3. reconferred
  4. reconferring
  5. reconfers
  6. reconfess
  7. reconfessed
  8. reconfesses
  9. reconfessing
  10. reconfide
  11. reconfided

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