| 单词 | confession |
| 释义 | confession /keuhn fesh"euhn/, n. 1. acknowledgment; avowal; admission: a confession of incompetence. 2. acknowledgment or disclosure of sin or sinfulness, esp. to a priest to obtain absolution. 3. something that is confessed. 4. a formal, usually written, acknowledgment of guilt by a person accused of a crime. 5. Also called confession of faith. a formal profession of belief and acceptance of doctrines, as before being admitted to church membership. 6. the tomb of a martyr or confessor or the altar or shrine connected with it. [1350-1400; < L confession- (s. of confessio), equiv. to confess- (see CONFESS) + -ion- -ION; r. ME confessioun < AF] |
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