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1. (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield
   - fesse

1. Admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
   "the writer of the anonymous letter fessed up after they identified his handwriting";
   - make a clean breast of, own up, fess up, cop [N. Amer], own, come clean, cop to [N. Amer]

Derived forms: fessing, fessed

Type of: concede, confess, ordinary, profess

Encyclopedia: Fess