confession
n.
1. 坦白； (对神父所作的)忏悔
Has the thief made a confession yet?
窃贼招供了吗?
She is a good Catholic and goes to confession regularly.
她是个虔诚的天主教徒,按时作告罪。
2. 【律】自白书， 口供
3. 【宗】（基督教会具有某种特殊教规的）殉教者坟墓［祭坛］
4. 信仰的宣告［声明］； 教规； 教派
The priest will hear confessions in English and French.
这位神父可听取用英语和法语的告解.
The police tried to twist his words into a confession.
警察试图曲解他的话，使之成为有罪的招供。
I always go to confession on Fridays.
我总是每星期五去作忏悔.
The priest made a deathbed confession.
牧师做了临终忏悔。
By clever questioning they trapped him into making a confession.
他们用巧妙的提问诱使他招认了。
Catholics go to confession to be purged of sin/purge (away) their sin/purge their souls of sin.
天主教徒透过告解以获得赦罪[净化灵魂].
After confession he feels a little better and can sleep at ease.
忏悔之后他觉得好过一点，并且能安眠了。
The police tricked him into making a confession.
警察哄骗他作了招认。
名词confession
1. an admission of misdeeds or faults
2. a public declaration of your faith
3. (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
4. a document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)
5. a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
同义词
n. 供认,交代,坦白
n. 承认
其他：profession
名复：confessions
confession of faith
信仰声明（获准入教前所作）
make (an) confession
坦白； 交代
Open confession is good for the soul.
[谚]直认无讳， 身心泰然。
C-is the first step to repentance.
[谚]认罪是悔罪的第一步； 悔过必先认错。