Fess

/fΙ›s/ verb

To admit or confess to something, usually used in the phrase 'fess up' meaning to tell the truth.

From Old French 'fesser' and Medieval Latin 'fassus,' derived from Latin 'fateri' meaning 'to confess.' The word contracted from 'confess' and eventually became the shorter 'fess.'

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