名詞 confession:

1. an admission of misdeeds or faults
2. a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
3. (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
4. a public declaration of your faith
5. a document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)

1. Catholics go to confession to be purged of sin/purge (away) their sin/purge their souls of sin.
   天主教徒透過(guò)告解以獲得赦罪[凈化靈魂]。
2. The police tricked him into making a confession.
   警察哄騙他作了招認(rèn)。
3. By clever questioning they trapped him into making a confession.
   他們用巧妙的提問(wèn)誘使他招認(rèn)了。
4. The priest made a deathbed confession.
   牧師做了臨終懺悔。
5. The police tried to twist his words into a confession.
   警察試圖曲解他的話，使之成為有罪的招供。
6. After confession he feels a little better and can sleep at ease.
   懺悔之后他覺(jué)得好過(guò)一點(diǎn)，并且能安眠了。

con.fes.sion

n.（名詞）
The act or process of confessing.
供認(rèn)：供認(rèn)的過(guò)程或行為
Something confessed, especially disclosure of one`s sins to a priest for absolution.
懺悔：供認(rèn)的事情，尤指向神父懺悔自己的罪行以尋求解脫
A written or an oral statement acknowledging guilt, made by one who has been accused or charged with an offense.
供認(rèn)狀：由被控告或指控的人作出的承認(rèn)罪行的書(shū)面或口頭聲明
An avowal of belief in the doctrines of a particular faith; a creed.
信條：對(duì)特定宗教教義信仰的聲明；教義
A church or group of worshipers adhering to a specific creed.
基督教團(tuán)體（派別）：一群堅(jiān)持特定教義的崇拜者或教堂