fess up fess point • fesswise · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · fess up · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 7 · · Length 2 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (verb) admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error. Synonyms: make a clean breast of, own up, fess up. Example: "The writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting." · · Verb Definition 1 Synonyms · · · make a clean breast of · · Synonym 1 own up · · Synonym 2 Characters · · space U+0020 e latin small letter e U+0065 f latin small letter f U+0066 p latin small letter p U+0070 s latin small letter s U+0073 u latin small letter u U+0075