confession
gb/kənfˈɛʃən/ us/kənfˈɛʃən/
B1
انگلیسی
~ 3800
معنیها
۰ معنی
اسم
B1
action
1
admitting to a fault or crime
When someone says they did something wrong or bad.
الگوی کاربرد:
make [a] confession
اشتباه رایج:
Learners sometimes confuse 'confession' with 'profession'; 'profession' is about one's job, not admitting something.
هممعنیها
admission (Neutral term for accepting responsibility or revealing a fact, not always about wrongdoing.)
متضادها
denial (Refusal to admit wrongdoing or truth.)
ترکیبهای رایج
make a confession
|false confession
|written confession
|public confession
موضوعها
law
|emotions
|relationships
|communication
نمونهها
- The suspect gave a full confession to the police.
- Her tearful confession shocked her friends.
- He made a public confession about his role in the scandal.
- The letter contained a written confession of the crime.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- He made a confession to the police.
- She gave a confession to her friend.
- The man signed a confession.
اسم
B2
action
2
sharing private feelings openly
When you tell someone your secret feelings or thoughts.
الگوی کاربرد:
make [a] confession to [someone]
اشتباه رایج:
Learners may think 'confession' only refers to crimes; it can also mean admitting personal feelings.
هممعنیها
disclosure (A more formal term for revealing information, not always emotional.)
متضادها
concealment (The act of hiding feelings or information.)
ترکیبهای رایج
love confession
|private confession
|emotional confession
موضوعها
relationships
|emotions
|communication
نمونهها
- His love confession took her by surprise.
- She made a quiet confession of her fears.
- The letter read like a heartfelt confession.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- He made a love confession to her.
- She told him a confession about her life.
- I have a confession: I am afraid of the dark.
اسم
B1
action
3
telling sins to a priest
When a person tells a priest about their sins so they can be forgiven.
الگوی کاربرد:
go to confession
اشتباه رایج:
Some learners confuse 'confession' with 'sermon'; a sermon is a speech given by a priest, not admitting sins.
هممعنیها
penance (A related religious act involving repentance, but not exactly the same as the spoken admission.)
ترکیبهای رایج
go to confession
|hear confession
|sacrament of confession
موضوعها
religion
|communication
نمونهها
- Catholics are encouraged to go to confession regularly.
- The priest heard her confession and offered guidance.
- Confession is an important sacrament in the Catholic Church.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- I went to confession yesterday.
- He gave his sins in confession.
- She goes to confession every month.
دستور زبان
صورت پایه
confession
IPA
GB/kənfˈɛʃən/
US/kənfˈɛʃən/
هجاها و تکیه
con - fes - sion (۳ هجا)
Stress on 2nd syllable (fes)
صورتهای واژه
Noun
- Base: confession
- Plural: confession, confessions
خانوادهٔ واژه
Forms
confessions
noun
Core family
confess
verb B1
Related words
confessional
adjective
confessor
noun
عبارتها
go to confession
1/ɡˈoʊ tə kənfˈɛʃən/
fixed phrase
to tell sins to a priest in church
To visit a priest and say your sins so you can be forgiven in church.
نمونهها
- She goes to confession every Sunday morning.
- After months of guilt, he finally went to confession.
have a confession to make
1/hˈæv ə kənfˈɛʃən tə mˈeɪk/
fixed phrase
to say you want to admit something
To tell someone you have something secret or wrong to say.
نمونهها
- I have a confession to make: I ate the last piece of cake.
- He began by saying he had a confession to make.
make a confession
1/mˈeɪk ə kənfˈɛʃən/
fixed phrase
to admit something openly
To say that you did something wrong or tell the truth about something secret.
نمونهها
- The suspect decided to make a confession after hours of questioning.
- She made a confession about taking the money.