confession
21confession — noun 1 admitting guilt ADJECTIVE ▪ full ▪ public ▪ true ▪ It s difficult to believe it s a true confession after all her lies. ▪ false …
22confession — n. 1) to make a confession 2) to extort, force a confession from; to beat a confession out of (the police beat a confession out of him) 3) to repudiate, retract, take back, withdraw a confession 4) a deathbed; forced; full; public; voluntary… …
23CONFESSION — Le repentir de ses fautes peut seul tenir lieu d innocence. Pour paraître s en repentir, il faut commencer par les avouer. La confession est donc presque aussi ancienne que la société civile. On se confessait dans tous les mystères d… …
24CONFESSION — n. f. Aveu, déclaration que l’on fait de quelque chose. Confession sincère, franche, ingénue. Confession forcée, extorquée. Désirez vous une plus ample, plus entière, plus franche, plus expresse confession? Confession de foi, ou absolument… …
25CONFESSION — Along with admissions of fact from which any criminal responsibility may be inferred, confessions are not admissible as evidence in criminal or quasi criminal proceedings, for no man may call himself a wrongdoer (Sanh. 9b). This rule against self …
26confession — A voluntary statement made by a person charged with the commission of a crime or misdemeanor, communicated to another person, wherein he acknowledges himself to be guilty of the offense charged, and discloses the circumstances of the act or the… …
27confession — A voluntary statement made by a person charged with the commission of a crime or misdemeanor, communicated to another person, wherein he acknowledges himself to be guilty of the offense charged, and discloses the circumstances of the act or the… …
28confession — con|fes|sion [kənˈfeʃən] n 1.) a statement that you have done something wrong, illegal, or embarrassing, especially a formal statement ▪ Sanchez s confession was read out to the court. confession of ▪ a confession of adultery ▪ At 3 a.m. Higgins… …
29confession — [[t]kənfe̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]] confessions 1) N COUNT A confession is a signed statement by someone in which they admit that they have committed a particular crime. They forced him to sign a confession. 2) N VAR Confession is the act of admitting that you… …
30confession */ — UK [kənˈfeʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms confession : singular confession plural confessions 1) [countable] a spoken or written statement in which you admit that you have committed a crime Higgs later made a full confession to the police. 2)… …
