{
    "term": "confession",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a statement that a person makes, admitting that they are guilty of a crime; the act of making such a statement",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "After hours of questioning by police, she made a full confession."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His confession was extracted under torture."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's difficult to believe it's a true confession after all her lies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She made a false confession during the trial which she later retracted."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The court excluded the confession wrongly obtained by the police."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police forced a confession out of him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a confession from the prisoner"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a confession to murder"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a true confession of a terrible crime"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an alleged confession by the defendant"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["full", "public", "true"],
                "verb + confession": ["make", "sign", "write"],
                "preposition": ["confession by", "confession from", "confession of"],
                "phrases": [
                    "force a confession out of somebody",
                    "get a confession out of somebody"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a statement admitting something that you are ashamed or embarrassed about; the act of making such a statement",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I've a confession to make—I lied about my age."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have a confession to make. I read your private emails."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government made open confession of its inability to cope with the crisis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "her shy confession of love"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "admission",
            "topics": ["Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["full", "public", "true"],
                "verb + confession": ["make", "sign", "write"],
                "preposition": ["confession by", "confession from", "confession of"],
                "phrases": [
                    "force a confession out of somebody",
                    "get a confession out of somebody"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a private statement to a priest about the bad things that you have done; an occasion when you make such a statement",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The priest heard her confession and granted absolution."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I used to go to confession every Saturday as a child."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + confession": ["go to", "hear"],
                "confession + noun": ["booth", "box"],
                "phrases": ["an act of confession"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a statement of your religious beliefs, principles, etc.",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a confession of faith"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈfeʃn/",
                "audio": "xc/confession/xconfession__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈfeʃn/",
                "audio": "xc/confession/xconfession__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin confessio(n-), from confiteri ‘acknowledge’, from con- (expressing intensive force) + fateri ‘declare, avow’."
}