noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
deathbed confession/conversion etc (= made when you are dying )
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The disease allowed no time for a deathbed repentance.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
full
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When we return to the apartment, Maria has made a full confession and is asking Glass to help Leonard out of Berlin.
■ VERB
force
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Members of the Party were never exempt from purges and forced confessions .
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The beatings seem to have been entirely punitive, although a few say they were forced to sign confessions .
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Other purges, other forced confessions and other suicides followed.
hear
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He heard confessions of sins by his parishioners and gave absolution as he saw fit, enjoining a suitable penance.
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But they can not perform Catholic sacramental duties, such as hearing confession , offering Communion or giving last rites.
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It's the sort of place priests visit all the time to hear the confessions .
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On May 25, 1595, Philip heard confessions all day.
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Sir Brian, you wanted me to hear your confession ?
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To hear the confessions , Freddie says, and he thinks sometimes they go to communion right in the room.
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I once heard the confession of a merchant from the Portsoken who wished absolution for killing his wife.
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Mostincluding Tom-were forbidden to hear confessions .
make
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First I must make a confession .
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The district attorney has a videotape of you making that confession !
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Zacchaeus made a public confession of his past and declared he was ready to make amends.
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In both, women gathered to make confessions about their lives and find support from other women for changes they were making.
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In the course of the trial one Glazkov made a false confession which he later retracted.
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How does a specter go about making his confession ?
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Heroic Thérèse, standing up straight to make her confession with shining eyes, await due punishment.
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From there any further travel makes a beeline to confession , the embarrassed monologue in a deserted bazaar.
obtain
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It is quite clear that this thread of non-incrimination is at variance with the recent emphasis on obtaining confession evidence.
sign
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The beatings seem to have been entirely punitive, although a few say they were forced to sign confessions .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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By making a full confession , Reeves hoped he would be more kindly treated by the authorities.
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In a confession made to police shortly after his arrest, Davis said he had killed the victim with a kitchen knife.
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Sergeant Thompson wrote down Smith's confession and asked him to sign it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All this bears closely on Stavrogin and his so-called confession .
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But they can not perform Catholic sacramental duties, such as hearing confession , offering Communion or giving last rites.
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Hand on the arm plus emotional confession .
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He was determined to rid the world of sin, partaking in confession for up to 16 hours a day.
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In both, women gathered to make confessions about their lives and find support from other women for changes they were making.
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It did not follow from this that the confession should therefore be excluded, however.
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The transcripts depict Davis weeping with remorse at several points during the confession .