confess 音标拼音: [kənf'ɛs]
vt . 供认,承认;忏悔
vi . 供认,承认;忏悔
供认,承认;忏悔供认,承认;忏悔
confess v 1 :
confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed ,
usually under pressure [
synonym : {
confess }, {
squeal }, {
fink }]
2 :
admit (
to a wrongdoing ); "
She confessed that she had taken the money " [
synonym : {
concede }, {
profess }, {
confess }]
3 :
confess to God in the presence of a priest ,
as in the Catholic faith Confess \
Con *
fess "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Confessed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Confessing }.] [
F .
confesser ,
fr .
L .
confessus ,
p .
p .
of confiteri to confess ;
con -
fateri to confess ;
akin to fari to speak .
See 2d {
Ban }, {
Fame }.]
1 .
To make acknowledgment or avowal in a matter pertaining to one '
s self ;
to acknowledge ,
own ,
or admit ,
as a crime ,
a fault ,
a debt .
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And there confess Humbly our faults ,
and pardon beg . --
Milton .
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I must confess I was most pleased with a beautiful prospect that none of them have mentioned .
--
Addison .
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2 .
To acknowledge faith in ;
to profess belief in .
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Whosoever ,
therefore ,
shall confess me before men ,
him will I confess ,
also ,
before my Father which is in heaven . --
Matt .
x .
32 .
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For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection ,
neither angel ,
nor spirit ;
but the Pharisees confess both . --
Acts xxiii .
8 .
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3 .
To admit as true ;
to assent to ;
to acknowledge ,
as after a previous doubt ,
denial ,
or concealment .
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I never gave it him .
Send for him hither ,
And let him confess a truth . --
Shak .
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As I confess it needs must be . --
Tennyson .
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As an actor confessed without rival to shine .
--
Goldsmith .
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4 . (
Eccl .)
(
a )
To make known or acknowledge ,
as one '
s sins to a priest ,
in order to receive absolution ; --
sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun .
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Our beautiful votary took an opportunity of confessing herself to this celebrated father .
--
Addison .
(
b )
To hear or receive such confession ; --
said of a priest .
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He . . .
heard mass ,
and the prince ,
his son ,
with him ,
and the most part of his company were confessed . --
Ld .
Berners .
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5 .
To disclose or reveal ,
as an effect discloses its cause ;
to prove ;
to attest .
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Tall thriving trees confessed the fruitful mold .
--
Pope .
Syn :
Admit ;
grant ;
concede ;
avow ;
own ;
assent ;
recognize ;
prove ;
exhibit ;
attest .
Usage : {
To Confess }, {
Acknowledge }, {
Avow }.
Acknowledge is opposed to conceal .
We acknowledge what we feel must or ought to be made known . (
See {
Acknowledge }.)
Avow is opposed to withhold .
We avow when we make an open and public declaration ,
as against obloquy or opposition ;
as ,
to avow one '
s principles ;
to avow one '
s participation in some act .
Confess is opposed to deny .
We confess (
in the ordinary sense of the word )
what we feel to have been wrong ;
as ,
to confess one '
s errors or faults .
We sometimes use confess and acknowledge when there is no admission of our being in the wrong ;
as ,
this ,
I confess ,
is my opinion ;
I acknowledge I have always thought so ;
but in these cases we mean simply to imply that others may perhaps think us in the wrong ,
and hence we use the words by way of deference to their opinions .
It was in this way that the early Christians were led to use the Latin confiteor and confessio fidei to denote the public declaration of their faith in Christianity ;
and hence the corresponding use in English of the verb confess and the noun confession .
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Confess \
Con *
fess "\,
v .
i .
1 .
To make confession ;
to disclose sins or faults ,
or the state of the conscience .
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Every tongue shall confess to God . --
Rom .
xiv .
11 .
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2 .
To acknowledge ;
to admit ;
to concede .
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But since (
And I confess with right )
you think me bound .
--
Tennyson .
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84 Moby Thesaurus words for "
confess ":
absolve ,
accept ,
account for ,
accredit with ,
accrete to ,
acknowledge ,
administer absolution ,
administer extreme unction ,
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affirm ,
agree provisionally ,
allow ,
apply to ,
ascribe to ,
assent grudgingly ,
assert ,
asseverate ,
assign to ,
attach to ,
attribute to ,
aver ,
avouch ,
avow ,
blame ,
blame for ,
blame on ,
bring home to ,
charge on ,
charge to ,
come clean ,
concede ,
confirm ,
connect with ,
cop a plea ,
credit with ,
declare ,
disclose ,
divulge ,
express general agreement ,
express the belief ,
fasten upon ,
father upon ,
fix on ,
fix upon ,
go along with ,
grant ,
hang on ,
hear confession ,
impute to ,
lay to ,
let on ,
make confession ,
not oppose ,
open up ,
out with it ,
own ,
own up ,
pin on ,
pinpoint ,
place upon ,
plead guilty ,
point to ,
profess ,
receive absolution ,
recognize ,
refer to ,
reveal ,
saddle on ,
saddle with ,
set down to ,
settle upon ,
shrive ,
spill ,
spill it ,
spit it out ,
state ,
swear ,
tell all ,
tell the truth ,
testify ,
vow ,
warrant ,
yield
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