confession

Definition

  • noun: a written or spoken statement in which you say that you have done something wrong or committed a crime
  • noun: an act of 'confessing'
  • synonyms: acknowledgment

Examples

  • She went to the police station and made/gave a full 'confession'.

  • I have a 'confession' to make: I have never done this before.

  • The priest will hear 'confessions' after mass today.

Movie quotes

  • (..) What's going on, Bezu? You know that I am Opus Dei? Yes. A bishop of my order called me. He said a killer came to him in confession. His name was Robert Langdon. He said I couldn't imagine the evil in this man's heart. That he would keep killing. He said I had to stop him. (..)
    2006 The Da Vinci Code
  • (..) So, what do you think about the fourth line of text... ...Fache wiped clean before you arrived? He brought you here to force a confession, Professor Langdon. He's still in there? What's he doing? Fache isn't even looking for other suspects, okay? He is sure you're guilty. (..)
    2006 The Da Vinci Code