Confession

(noun.) (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution.

(noun.) a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party.

(noun.) the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century).

(noun.) a public declaration of your faith.

(noun.) an admission of misdeeds or faults.

录入:朱迪思

• His confession was silent, and her promise of faithfulness was silent. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The confession of her heart's secret burst from her in those pleading words. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• This, as I have said before, is not a complete confession; but nothing is stated of consequence to any individual which is not strictly true. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• With this unconfessed confession, her letters glowed; it kindled them, from greeting to adieu. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• There was no confession, no confidence, in the matter. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• She shall wring them all out of me slowly and separately--only by confession, penitence, entreaty. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I hesitated; of the formula of confession I was ignorant: instead of commencing, then, with the prelude usual, I said:--Mon père, je suis Protestante. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Helena still sat near him, holding his hot hand; and the Demarch, thus having got his audience together, began to make his last confession. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• I believe confession, in your case, would be half equivalent to cure. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It was impossible to make the confession more dispassionately, or in a tone less encouraging to the vanity of the person addressed. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Never certainly have I seen a plainer confession of guilt upon human countenances. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• But her confession would have to be postponed; and the chill of the delay settled heavily on her fagged spirit. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• To fly would be a confession of guilt. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• But that again would mean a confession of the past. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• After confession, absolution is granted to the citizens collectively, but no one is mentioned by name. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• It is hard when, before seven days of marriage are over, such thoughts and confessions as these force themselves on a little bride's mind. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Formul? and confessions were tried over. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I blushed and hung my head before Mrs. Gill, when she ought to have been faltering confessions to me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• In the defensive declarations and pretended confessions of murderers, the pursuing shadow of this torture may be traced through every lie they tell. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Nothing but the saddest of all confessions that a man can make--the confession of his own folly. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Moreover, it was actually true that he was fearful of the effect which such confessions might have on Dorothea herself. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

整理:伊冯