Make+a+full+confession
1make a clean breast — Make a full confession …
2Confession — For other uses, see Confession (disambiguation). Confess redirects here. For other uses, see Confess (disambiguation). Confessing redirects here. For the evangelical protestant movement, see Confessing Movement. This article is for the religious… …
3make a clean breast — phrasal : to make a full disclosure or confession decided to make a clean breast of his part in the affair * * * make a clean breast To make a full confession • • • Main Entry: ↑breast …
4confession */ — UK [kənˈfeʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms confession : singular confession plural confessions 1) [countable] a spoken or written statement in which you admit that you have committed a crime Higgs later made a full confession to the police. 2)… …
5confession — con|fes|sion [ kən feʃn ] noun * 1. ) count or uncount a spoken or written statement in which you admit that you have committed a crime: Higgs later made a full confession to the police. 2. ) count or uncount a statement about yourself that you… …
6confession — noun 1 (C) a formal statement that you have done something wrong or illegal: The police officer wrote down every word of Smith s confession. (+ of): a confession of failure | make a confession: At 3 a.m. Higgins broke down and made a full… …
7confession — n. 1) to make a confession 2) to extort, force a confession from; to beat a confession out of (the police beat a confession out of him) 3) to repudiate, retract, take back, withdraw a confession 4) a deathbed; forced; full; public; voluntary… …
8confession — noun 1 admitting guilt ADJECTIVE ▪ full ▪ public ▪ true ▪ It s difficult to believe it s a true confession after all her lies. ▪ false …
9full — adj. 1 holding/containing as much as it will hold VERBS ▪ be, look, seem ▪ become, get ▪ The garage is getting full of junk again. ADVERB …
10The Seal of Confession — The Law of the Seal of Confession † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Law of the Seal of Confession In the Decretum of the Gratian who compiled the edicts of previous councils and the principles of Church law which he published about 1151,… …