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单词 confession
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confession

noun
 
/kənˈfeʃn/
/kənˈfeʃn/
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  1.  
    [countable, uncountable] a statement that a person makes, admitting that they are guilty of a crime; the act of making such a statement
    • After hours of questioning by police, she made a full confession.
    • His confession was extracted under torture.
    Extra Examples
    • It's difficult to believe it's a true confession after all her lies.
    • She made a false confession during the trial which she later retracted.
    • The court excluded the confession wrongly obtained by the police.
    • The police forced a confession out of him.
    • a confession from the prisoner
    • a confession to murder
    • a true confession of a terrible crime
    • an alleged confession by the defendant
    Topics Crime and punishmentc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • full
    • public
    • true
    verb + confession
    • make
    • sign
    • write
    preposition
    • confession by
    • confession from
    • confession of
    phrases
    • force a confession out of somebody
    • get a confession out of somebody
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  2.  
    [countable, uncountable] a statement admitting something that you are ashamed or embarrassed about; the act of making such a statement synonym admission
    • I've a confession to make—I lied about my age.
    Extra Examples
    • I have a confession to make. I read your private emails.
    • The government made open confession of its inability to cope with the crisis.
    • her shy confession of love
    Topics Feelingsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • full
    • public
    • true
    verb + confession
    • make
    • sign
    • write
    preposition
    • confession by
    • confession from
    • confession of
    phrases
    • force a confession out of somebody
    • get a confession out of somebody
    See full entry
  3. [uncountable, countable] (especially in the Roman Catholic Church) a private statement to a priest about the bad things that you have done; an occasion when you make such a statement
    • The priest heard her confession and granted absolution.
    • I used to go to confession every Saturday as a child.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + confession
    • go to
    • hear
    confession + noun
    • booth
    • box
    phrases
    • an act of confession
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  4. [countable] (formal) a statement of your religious beliefs, principles, etc.
    • a confession of faith
  5. Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin confessio(n-), from confiteri ‘acknowledge’, from con- (expressing intensive force) + fateri ‘declare, avow’.
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