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单词 confessing
释义
confessing
present participle ofconfess
confess
verb[IorT]
uk
/kənˈfes/us
/kənˈfes/
B2
toadmitthat you have done somethingwrongor something that youfeelguiltyorbadabout:
[+ that]She confessedtoherhusbandthatshe hadsoldherweddingring.
He confessedtosleeping/havingsleptthrough most of themovie.
He has confessedtothemurder.
[+ (that)]Ihave toconfess(that)when I firstmetReece I didn'tthinkhe was verybright.
Synonyms
admit(ACCEPT)
avowformal
own up
It was all veryconfusing, Imustconfess.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
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.
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in theChristianreligion,especiallytheRomanCatholicChurch, totellGodor apriestwhat you have donewrongso that you can beforgiven:
to confessyoursins
More examples
  • 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.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Admitting & confessing
  • avow
  • avowedly
  • breastbeating
  • clean
  • climb
  • climb down
  • climbdown
  • come cleanidiom
  • concede
  • concession
  • concessionary
  • confess
  • confession
  • cop
  • cop tosomething
  • deny
  • eat humble pieidiom
  • hand
  • stand
  • truth be toldidiom
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Religious concepts: forgiveness in religion
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(Definition ofconfessingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconfessing

confessing

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

At the heart of their message was the practice ofconfessingprivate sin.
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Nobody prevents us fromconfessingour religion.
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Cyprian attacked the claim of theconfessingmartyr to give absolution independent of the more formal authority of a bishop on the grounds that this practice was radically new.
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The majority of those accused of insanity were involved in religious scandals, either claiming prophecy or some extraordinary religious experience orconfessingto have gone astray to commit apostasy.
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Three lots of plumbers came,confessingthat they were unable to deal with the situation.
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If he fails to do so, he will beconfessingthat he has something to hide.
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All we are doing is to ask him to act handsomely inconfessingthe error which he has made.
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I amconfessingquite plainly that we were in error.
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Ultimately, and sadly, it leads to the suspectconfessingto offences that are not proved in any other way before the court.
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But, instead of coming andconfessingfailure—not their failure; they did not initiate the scheme—they are to blame to-day for continuing it.
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She took it home, copied out large chunks of it,confessingthat she did not really understand very much of it.
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The fact that we are now openlyconfessingto this kind of thing is a sign of moral degradation.
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After all, there is nothing to be ashamed of inconfessingthat.
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You are therebyconfessingthat inadequate representation of women would be obtained through other channels.
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I amconfessingmy ignorance of this matter.
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