confession 音标拼音: [kənf'ɛʃən]
n . 自认,自白,招供
自认,自白,招供
confession n 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 :
the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (
especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century )
Confession \
Con *
fes "
sion \,
n . [
F .
confession ,
L .
confessio .]
1 .
Acknowledgment ;
avowal ,
especially in a matter pertaining to one '
s self ;
the admission of a debt ,
obligation ,
or crime .
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1913 Webster ]
With a crafty madness keeps aloof ,
When we would bring him on to some confession Of his true state . --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Acknowledgment of belief ;
profession of one '
s faith .
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With the mouth confession is made unto salvation .
--
Rom .
x .
10 .
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3 . (
Eccl .)
The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution .
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1913 Webster ]
Auricular confession . . .
or the private and special confession of sins to a priest for the purpose of obtaining his absolution . --
Hallam .
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4 .
A formulary in which the articles of faith are comprised ;
a creed to be assented to or signed ,
as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church ;
a confession of faith .
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5 . (
Law )
An admission by a party to whom an act is imputed ,
in relation to such act .
A judicial confession settles the issue to which it applies ;
an extrajudical confession may be explained or rebutted . --
Wharton .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Confession and avoidance } (
Law ),
a mode of pleading in which the party confesses the facts as stated by his adversary ,
but alleges some new matter by way of avoiding the legal effect claimed for them . --
Mozley &
W .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Confession of faith },
a formulary containing the articles of faith ;
a creed .
{
General confession },
the confession of sins made by a number of persons in common ,
as in public prayer .
{
Westminster Confession }.
See {
Westminster Assembly },
under {
Assembly }.
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1913 Webster ]
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "
confession ":
abject apology ,
acceptance ,
acknowledgment ,
adherents ,
admission ,
agape ,
allowance ,
apology ,
appreciation ,
asperges ,
aspersion ,
auricular confession ,
avowal ,
bar mitzvah ,
bas mitzvah ,
breast -
beating ,
by -
line ,
celebration ,
church ,
circumcision ,
citation ,
class ,
communion ,
concession ,
confession of faith ,
confirmation ,
contrition ,
credit line ,
declaration ,
declaration of faith ,
denomination ,
disciples ,
excuse ,
faith ,
followers ,
high celebration ,
incense ,
invocation ,
invocation of saints ,
ism ,
kiss of peace ,
lesser litany ,
litany ,
love feast ,
lustration ,
mea culpa ,
order ,
owning ,
owning up ,
pax ,
penitence ,
persuasion ,
processional ,
profession ,
reciting the rosary ,
recognition ,
reference ,
regrets ,
rite of confession ,
school ,
sect ,
shrift ,
signature ,
telling of beads ,
the confessional ,
the confessionary ,
trademark ,
tribute ,
unbosoming Confession (
1 )
An open profession of faith (
Luke 12 :
8 ). (
2 .)
An acknowledment of sins to God (
Lev .
16 :
21 ;
Ezra 9 :
5 -
15 ;
Dan .
9 :
3 -
12 ),
and to a neighbour whom we have wronged (
James 5 :
16 ;
Matt .
18 :
15 ).
CONFESSION ,
crim .
law ,
evidence .
The voluntary declaration made by a person who has committed a crime or misdemeanor ,
to another ,
of the agency or participation which he had in the same .
2 .
When made without bias or improper influence ,
confessions are admissible in evidence ,
as the highest and most satisfactory proof :
because it is fairly presumed that no man would make such a confession against himself ,
if the facts confessed were not true but they are excluded ,
if liable to the of having been unfairly obtained .
3 .
Confessions should be received with great caution ,
as they are liable to many objections .
There is danger of error from the misapprehension of witnesses ,
the misuse of words ,
the failure of a party to express his own meaning ,
the prisoner being oppressed by his unfortunate situation ,
and influenced by hope ,
fear ,
and sometimes a worse motive ,
to male an untrue confession .
See the case of the two Boorns in Greenl .
Ev .
Sec .
214 ,
note 1 ;
North American Review ,
vol .
10 ,
p .
418 ;
6 Carr . &
P .
451 ;
Joy on Confess .
s .
14 ,
p .
100 ;
and see 1 Chit .
Cr .
Law ,
85 .
4 .
A confession must be made voluntarily ,
by the party himself ,
to another person .
1 .
It must be voluntary .
A confession ,
forced from the mind by the flattery of hope ,
or the torture of fear ,
comes in so questionable a shape ,
when it is to be considered as evidence of guilt ,
that Lo credit ought to be given to it .
1 Leach ,
263 .
This is the principle ,
but what amounts to a promise or a threat ,
is not so easily defined .
Vide 2 East ,
P .
C .
659 ;
2 Russ .
on Cr .
644 4 Carr . &
Payne ,
387 ;
S .
C .
19 Eng .
Com .
L .
Rep .
434 ;
1 Southard ,
R .
231 1 Wend .
R .
625 ;
6 Wend .
R .
268 5 Halst .
R .
163 Mina '
s Trial ,
10 ;
5 Rogers '
Rec .
177 2 Overton ,
R .
86 1 Hayw . (
N .
C .)
R ,
482 ;
1 Carr . &
Marsh .
584 .
But it must be observed that a confession will be considered as voluntarily made ,
although it was made after a promise of favor or threat of punishment ,
by a person not in authority ,
over the prisoner .
If ,
however ,
a person having such authority over him be present at the time ,
and he express no dissent ,
evidence of such confession cannot be given .
8 Car . &
Payne ,
733 .
5 . -
2 .
The confession must be made by the party to be affected by it .
It is evidence only against him .
In case of a conspiracy ,
the acts of one conspirator are the acts of all ,
while active in the progress of the conspiracy ,
but after it is over ,
the confession of one as to the part he and others took in the crime ,
is not evidence against any but himself .
Phil .
Ev .
76 ,
77 ;
2 Russ .
on Cr .
653 .
6 . -
3 .
The confession must be to another person .
It may be made to a private individual ,
or under examination before a magistrate .
The whole of the confession must be taken ,
together with whatever conversation took place at the time of the confession .
Roscoe '
s Ev .
N .
P .
36 ;
1 Dall .
R .
240 Id .
392 ;
3 Halst .
27 5 2 Penna .
R .
27 ;
1 Rogers '
Rec .
66 ;
3 Wheeler '
s C .
C .
533 ;
2 Bailey '
s R .
569 ;
5 Rand .
R .
701 .
7 .
Confession ,
in another sense ,
is where a prisoner being arraigned for an offence ,
confesses or admits the crime with which he is charged ,
whereupon the plea of guilty is entered .
Com Dig .
Indictment ,
K ;
Id .
Justices ,
W 3 ;
Arch .
Cr .
Pl .
1 2 1 ;
Harr .
Dig .
b .
t .;
20 Am .
Jur .
68 ;
Joy on Confession .
8 .
Confessions are classed into judicial and extra judicial .
Judicial confessions are those made before a magistrate ,
or in court ,
in the due course of legal proceedings ;
when made freely by the party ,
and with a full and perfect knowledge of their nature and consequences ,
they are sufficient to found a conviction .
These confessions are such as are authorized by a statute ,
as to take a preliminary examination in writing ;
or they are by putting in the plea of guilty to an indictment .
Extra judicial confessions are those which are made by the part elsewhere than before a magistrate or in open court .
1 Greenl .
Ev .
Sec .
216 .
See ,
generally ,
3 Bouv .
Inst .
n .
3081 -
2 .
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