noun
1 admitting guilt
ADJECTIVE
▪ full
▪ public
▪ true
▪
It's difficult to believe it's a true ~ after all her lies.
▪ false
▪ alleged
▪ coerced , forced
▪ signed , taped , videotaped ( AmE ), written
▪ deathbed
VERB + CONFESSION
▪ make
▪ sign , write
▪ get , obtain , secure
▪ coerce , extract , force
▪
He claims his ~ was extracted under torture.
▪ retract
▪
She made a false ~ during the trial which she later retracted.
▪ exclude ( BrE )
▪
The court excluded the ~ wrongly obtained by the police.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ by
▪
an alleged ~ by the defendant
▪ ~ from
▪
a ~ from the prisoner
▪ ~ of
▪
a true ~ of a terrible crime
▪ ~ to
▪
a ~ to murder
PHRASES
▪ force a ~ out of sb , get a ~ out of sb
▪
The police forced a ~ out of him.
2 to a priest
VERB + CONFESSION
▪ go to
▪
I used to go to ~ every Saturday as a child.
▪ hear
▪
The priest heard her ~ and granted absolution.
CONFESSION + NOUN
▪ booth ( esp. AmE ), box
PHRASES
▪ an act of ~