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{
"term": "confession",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a statement that a person makes, admitting that they are guilty of a crime; the act of making such a statement",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "After hours of questioning by police, she made a full confession."
},
{
"text": "His confession was extracted under torture."
},
{
"text": "It's difficult to believe it's a true confession after all her lies."
},
{
"text": "She made a false confession during the trial which she later retracted."
},
{
"text": "The court excluded the confession wrongly obtained by the police."
},
{
"text": "The police forced a confession out of him."
},
{
"text": "a confession from the prisoner"
},
{
"text": "a confession to murder"
},
{
"text": "a true confession of a terrible crime"
},
{
"text": "an alleged confession by the defendant"
}
],
"topics": ["Crime and punishment"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["full", "public", "true"],
"verb + confession": ["make", "sign", "write"],
"preposition": ["confession by", "confession from", "confession of"],
"phrases": [
"force a confession out of somebody",
"get a confession out of somebody"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a statement admitting something that you are ashamed or embarrassed about; the act of making such a statement",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I've a confession to make—I lied about my age."
},
{
"text": "I have a confession to make. I read your private emails."
},
{
"text": "The government made open confession of its inability to cope with the crisis."
},
{
"text": "her shy confession of love"
}
],
"synonyms": "admission",
"topics": ["Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["full", "public", "true"],
"verb + confession": ["make", "sign", "write"],
"preposition": ["confession by", "confession from", "confession of"],
"phrases": [
"force a confession out of somebody",
"get a confession out of somebody"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a private statement to a priest about the bad things that you have done; an occasion when you make such a statement",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The priest heard her confession and granted absolution."
},
{
"text": "I used to go to confession every Saturday as a child."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verb + confession": ["go to", "hear"],
"confession + noun": ["booth", "box"],
"phrases": ["an act of confession"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a statement of your religious beliefs, principles, etc.",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a confession of faith"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kənˈfeʃn/",
"audio": "xc/confession/xconfession__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kənˈfeʃn/",
"audio": "xc/confession/xconfession__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin confessio(n-), from confiteri ‘acknowledge’, from con- (expressing intensive force) + fateri ‘declare, avow’."
}