confession
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3.4
- noun
- /kənˈfɛʃən/
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confesión
- He finally made a confession about his involvement in the crime after weeks of silence.
- make a confession
- false confession
- confession to the police
It was just one of the most chilling confessions I've ever witnessed in person.
- It was just one of the most chilling confessions I've ever witnessed in person.
- The one who made the confession sees himself repulsed.
- The most fortunate amongst us may get the parental deathbed confession, but don't hold out for it.
- Now, we didn't include another girl that I got a false confession from.
- But let me actually start with a confession.
- And those are among the most significant of the confessions that I own up to.
- I must confess, cake eating confessions are the best.
- We're going to play a game and candid confession.
- It's not a like, you know, oh, I'm so bad sort of confession, right?
- This is a cult classic and I need to make a confession.
Examples
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Before leaving us, Nitro wrote a confession.
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Mr. Spade, I... I have a terrible, terrible confession to make.
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Well, then I have a confession to make.
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I have a confession to make.
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Time and time again, I hear this confession in the conversations I have with young women.
Academic text (1997) -
Now, Bernie, after you were arrested you gave a confession, correct?
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What can we do against the confession of our humanness, except forgive?
Fiction book (1990) -
I have a confession.
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During the interview, she gave her confession, detailing everything that had happened that night.
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The confession he wrote was filled with remorse for the mistakes he had made.
Synonyms
117
3.8
A statement where someone says they did something after denying it
11
8.5
A statement saying you are sorry for a mistake
7
8.7
To admit you did a crime so police can charge you
1
8.2
A public statement that openly says you believe or feel something
Antonyms
- Literature
23
6.0
An official statement saying that something written or said before was wrong
- Formal
2
8.1
A public statement saying you have no knowledge of or connection to something
Compounds
- Formal
A written agreement where a person who owes money admits debt and a court can order payment without a trial
- Formal
An official statement written in 1530 that explains Lutheran beliefs and church reforms
How Admitting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Confession comes from the Latin parts con- 'with' and fateri 'to admit', and it shares the same root as the verb confess. So a legal confession is simply admitting you did something wrong, often spoken to the police or in court.