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confess

B2 verb

confess /kənˈfɛs/ nghĩa là thú nhận

Các nghĩa

  1. thú nhận

    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!

    I confess that I am a sinner.

    I never gave it him. Send for him hither, / And let him confess a truth.

  2. tuyên xưng

    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.

    For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both.

  3. xưng tội

    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.

    Our beautiful votary took an opportunity of confessing herself to this celebrated father.

  4. giải tội

    To hear or receive such a confession of sins from.

    transitive

    A jealous man confesses his wife under a priest's habit, who tells him that she is visited every night by a friar; […]

  5. thú nhận, thổ lộ

    To disclose or reveal.

    transitive

    Tall thriving trees confess;d the fruitful mould.

  6. tỏ tình

    To profess one's love.

    intransitive

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