to confess, admit
Je ne suis pas davantage honteux de confesser mon ignorance.
Nor am I ashamed to confess my ignorance.
Nous sommes là aujourd'hui pour nous confesser.
We are here today to confess.
— Rang de Basanti (2006)
Vous venez vous confesser, Excellence ?
Are you here to confess, Your Excellency?
— Le Guépard (1963)
Ce qui revient à confesser ce qui est arrivé à son fils.
Which amounts to confessing what happened to his son.
— L'Accusé (2017)
C'est au diable que tu viens te confesser ?
Are you coming to confess to the devil?
— Le repentir (1987)
Si tu veux son pardon, tu dois confesser ce que tu as fait.
If you want his forgiveness, you must confess what you have done.