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confession
- IPA[kənˈfɛʃn]
英式
- a formal statement admitting that one is guilty of a crime；an acknowledgement that one has done something about which one is ashamed or embarrassed
noun: confession, plural noun: confessions
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- 1. a formal statement admitting that one is guilty of a crime he signed a confession to both the murders proof of this crime must be established by confession
- ▪ an acknowledgement that one has done something about which one is ashamed or embarrassed by his own confession, he had strayed perilously close to alcoholism
- ▪ a formal admission of one's sins with repentance and desire of absolution, especially privately to a priest as a religious duty she still had not been to confession
- ▪ humorous intimate personal revelations, especially as presented in a sensationalized form in a book, newspaper, or film confessions of a driving instructor
- 2. a statement setting out essential religious doctrine a Protestant confession of faith
- ▪ the religious body or Church sharing a confession of faith leading figures from every Christian confession
- ▪ a statement of one's principles his words are a political confession of faith
- the action or fact of openly admitting to something: there is a new climate of self-confession self-confessions of criminal activity
Oxford American Dictionary
- the action or fact of openly admitting to something: there is a new climate of self-confession self-confessions of criminal activity
Oxford Dictionary
- a statement of the Lutheran position, drawn up mainly by Melanchthon and approved by Luther ...
Oxford Dictionary
- a statement of the Lutheran position, drawn up mainly by Melanchthon and approved by Luther ...
Oxford American Dictionary
- a Calvinist doctrinal statement which was issued by the synod appointed to reform the English ...
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[kənˈfeSH(ə)n]
美式
- a formal statement admitting that one is guilty of a crime: he signed a confession to the murders
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