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confession
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural confessions
plural confessions
Learner's definition of CONFESSION
1
[count] : a written or spoken statement in which you say that you have done something wrong or committed a crime（对所犯过错或罪行的）供词，供状，认罪书
- She went to the police station and made/gave a full confession.她去警察局供认了全部罪行。
- a written/signed confession书面/签了字的供状
2
[count] : the act of telling people something that makes you embarrassed, ashamed, etc.（对使自己感到尴尬之事的）承认，坦白。
- I have a confession to make: I have never done this before.我有件事要坦白：我以前从来没做过这种事。
- a confession of weakness/failure/error承认孱弱/失败/失误
3
a [count] : the act of telling your sins to God or to a priest（向上帝或神父做的）忏悔，告罪；告解
- The priest will hear confessions after mass today.今天的弥撒结束后神父会聆听告解。
b [noncount] : the activity of telling a priest your sins忏悔活动；告罪活动
- I haven't gone/been to confession in three years.我已有三年没去忏悔了。
4
[count] : a formal statement in which you express your religious beliefs（宗教的）信仰表白
- a confession of faith宗教信仰表白
confession
noun
con·fes·sion kən-ˈfe-shən 
1
a
: an act of confessing
especially : a disclosure of one's sins in the sacrament of reconciliation
Example Sentences
She went to the police station and made a full confession. I have a confession to make: I have never done this before. The priest will hear confessions after mass today. I haven't gone to confession in three years.
Recent Examples on the Web Michael Sizemore, one of the attorneys, argued that the sheriff’s office tainted the confession, noting that video footage showed Sisk repeating back information the police fed to him about the motive and alleged chain of events. 
Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al, 8 Sep. 2022 His lawyer said the confession was made under duress. Hazem Balousha, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022 So, the seal of confidentiality was breached by Paul Adams, the person who made the confession. The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022 In the past, women who had abortions were hung out to dry through the tactic of public confession, in which each person bravely, tearfully, or defiantly stood alone and told her truth. Sarah Schulman, The New Republic, 26 Aug. 2022 Fielder goes through his own rehearsal of the confession with an actor stand-in. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 16 July 2022 Abrams later filed an affidavit of confession of judgment, in order to provide the union additional security, and agreed to pay the $412,807 in unpaid dues deductions and benefit contributions as well as interest on that amount. Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2022 At the time of the confession Whited did not know the date or year of the shooting and police struggled to tie the statement to Dailey’s death. Eric Fleischauer The Decatur Daily, al, 7 July 2022 The milieus of the stories vary, but the mood threading them together is one of confession, sometimes in the theological sense. The New Yorker, 4 July 2022 See More
Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al, 8 Sep. 2022 His lawyer said the confession was made under duress. Hazem Balousha, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022 So, the seal of confidentiality was breached by Paul Adams, the person who made the confession. The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022 In the past, women who had abortions were hung out to dry through the tactic of public confession, in which each person bravely, tearfully, or defiantly stood alone and told her truth. Sarah Schulman, The New Republic, 26 Aug. 2022 Fielder goes through his own rehearsal of the confession with an actor stand-in. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 16 July 2022 Abrams later filed an affidavit of confession of judgment, in order to provide the union additional security, and agreed to pay the $412,807 in unpaid dues deductions and benefit contributions as well as interest on that amount. Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2022 At the time of the confession Whited did not know the date or year of the shooting and police struggled to tie the statement to Dailey’s death. Eric Fleischauer The Decatur Daily, al, 7 July 2022 The milieus of the stories vary, but the mood threading them together is one of confession, sometimes in the theological sense. The New Yorker, 4 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English confessioun, borrowed from Anglo-French confession, borrowed from Latin confessiōn-, confessiō, from confiteor, confitērī "to admit (a fact, the truth of a statement or charge)" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action — more at confess
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of confession was in the 14th century Phrases Containing confession
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