confess

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed. intransitive,transitive
    — I confess to spray-painting all over that mural!
  2. To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in. transitive
    — Whosoever, therefore, shall confess me before men, him will I confess, also, before my Father which is in heaven.
  3. To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution.
    — If we confesse our sinnes, hee is faithfull, & iust to forgiue vs our sinnes, and to cleanse vs from all vnrighteousnesse.
  4. To hear or receive such a confession of sins from. transitive
    — 1523–1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners (translator), Froissart's Chronicles He […] heard mass, and the prince, his son, with him, and the most part of his company were confessed.
  5. To disclose or reveal. transitive
    — Tall thriving trees confess;d the fruitful mould.
  6. To profess one's love. intransitive

词形变化

confesses present,singular,third-person confessing participle,present confessed participle,past confessed past

词汇关系

近义词
acknowledge admit assent avow beknow come clean concede confess fess fess up front up make a clean breast own own up shrive sing spill one's guts spill the beans step forward talk tell all unbosom
反义词
abjure deny disavow disclaim disown reject
上位词
divulge surrender
衍生词
a fault confessed is half redressed confessable confessee confessingly confessing Sam confessive fess fess up nonconfessing reconfess self-confessed stand confessed unconfess unconfessing
相关词
confession confessional confessor own up come clean rat out

词源

From Middle English confessen, from Anglo-Norman confesser, from Old French confesser, from Latin confessus (Old French confés), past participle of cōnfiteor (“to confess, admit”) from con- + fateor (“to admit”). Displaced Middle English andetten (“to confess, admit”) (from Old English andettan). Doublet of confiteor.
Sense 6 is a calque of 告白 (kokuhaku).
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