confess

confess /kən'fes/
  • động từ
    • thú tội, thú nhận
      • to confess one's fault: nhận lỗi
      • to confess to having done a fault: thu nhận có phạm lỗi
    • (tôn giáo) xưng tội; nghe xưng tội
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Xem thêm: squeal, shrive, fink, concede, profess



confess

Từ điển Collocation

confess verb

ADV. freely, openly | allegedly | ruefully, sheepishly

VERB + CONFESS have to, must I must confess that I didn't have much faith in her ideas.

PREP. to He was arrested and confessed to the murder. She confessed to me that she had known his true identity for some time.

Từ điển WordNet

    v.

  • confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure; squeal, shrive, fink
  • admit, make a clean breast of; concede, profess

    She confessed that she had taken the money

  • confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

confesses|confessed|confessing
syn.: acknowledge admit consent
ant.: conceal