confesse, n., (c.rel.) confession (to a priest). [This noun has no gender, is always accompanied by à or de, and never by any article.] Aller à —; to go to confession.
confesser, v.a., to confess; to acknowledge, to avow, to own, to admit. C’est le diable à —; it is terribly hard, or very hard lines.
se confesser, v.r., to confess one’s sins, to confess (to a priest). Se — au renard; to betray oneself.
confesseur, n.m., confessor; father confessor.
confession, n.f., confession, acknowledgment, avowal. Donner à quelqu’un le bon Dieu sans —; to trust any one with untold gold.
confessionnal, n.m., confessional.
confiance, n.f., confidence, reliance, trust, dependence, assurance; self-conceit. Avoir de la — en quelqu’un; to repose confidence in any one. Donner sa — à quelqu’un; to confide in any one. Homme de —; confidential man of business. Une personne de —; a trustworthy person. Cela donne de la —; that inspires confidence.
confiant, -e, adj., confident, unsuspecting, sanguine; self-conceited.
confidemment (-da-mān), adv., in confidence, confidentially.