confess
verb[IorT]
uk/kənˈfes/us/kənˈfes/B2
toadmitthat you have done somethingwrongor something that youfeelguiltyorbadabout:
坦白；供认，招认；承认（错误或罪行）[+ that]She confessedtoherhusbandthatshe hadsoldherweddingring.她向丈夫坦白她卖掉了结婚戒指。
He confessedtosleeping/havingsleptthrough most of themovie.他承认看这部电影时大部分时间都在睡觉。
He has confessedtothemurder.他供认了谋杀罪行。
[+ (that)]Ihave toconfess(that)when I firstmetReece I didn'tthinkhe was verybright.我得承认，我第一次见到瑞斯的时候，觉得他不是很聪明。
Synonyms
admit(ACCEPT)
avowformal
own up
It was all veryconfusing, Imustconfess.我得承认，我觉得这一切太令人费解了。
to say that you are wrong
- confessRawlinson finally confessed to the robbery.
- own upCome on, own up - who's eaten the last sandwich?
- fess upFess up - you wanted to go to the cinema instead, didn't you?
- come cleanI decided to come clean about the broken vase.
- concedeShe did eventually concede that the instructions were not very clear.
- admitHe admitted that he had been wrong.
in theChristianreligion,especiallytheRomanCatholicChurch, totellGodor apriestwhat you have donewrongso that you can beforgiven:
（基督教、尤指天主教中向上帝或神父）忏悔to confessyoursins忏悔你的罪过
- I have to confess I'm abitof asuckerformusicals.
- I must confess that I got mysumswrong- thehouseextensioniscostinga lot more than Iexpected.
- Thekillerconfessed that he oftendruggedhisvictimsbefore hekilledthem.
- He wasgrantedimmunityfromprosecutionbecause he confessed thenamesof the otherspies.
- He confessed that he hadsinfulthoughts.
Admitting & confessing
- avow
- avowedly
- breastbeating
- clean
- climb
- climbdown
- come cleanidiom
- concede
- concession
- concessionary
- confession
- cop
- cop tosomething
- deny
- eat humble pieidiom
- face
- hand
- stand
- swallow
- truth be toldidiom
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Religious concepts: forgiveness in religion
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