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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- confession [kən'fεʃən]
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1.
n
the act of confessing
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2.
n
something confessed
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3.
n
an acknowledgment or declaration, esp of one's faults, misdeeds, or crimes
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4.
n
[Christianity]
[chiefly RC Church]
the act of a penitent accusing himself or herself of his or her sins
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5.
n
a religious denomination or sect united by a common system of beliefs
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1.
n
the act of confessing
Examples
- an auricular confession
- 私下忏悔 → auricular
- a confession signed under duress
- 在胁迫下所签的供词，强迫供状 → duress
- to make a confession
- 坦白 → confession
- to go to confession
- [宗] 作忏悔 → confession
- a devout confession → devout
- to force a confession → force
- to get a confession out of a criminal → get out
- 严刑逼供
- extort a confession by cruel torture → 逼供
- 政策攻心
- try to win over or obtain a confession from a person by explaining the Party's policy → 攻心
- 问了半天也问不出供来。
- No confession was forthcoming during the lengthy interrogation. → 供
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