true confession

Frequency: 7.210.1 per million words

A genuine and honest admission of guilt.

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Examples (10)

  • It's difficult to believe it's a true confession after all her lies.
  • The detective was searching for a true confession, not a coerced statement.
  • After hours of interrogation, he finally made a true confession.
  • The jury needed to decide if the defendant's statement was a true confession.
  • Do you think the police will ever obtain a true confession from him?
  • A true confession is the first step towards atonement and justice.
  • His memoir was a true confession of his past mistakes and regrets.
  • The lawyer argued that his client's statement was not a true confession but a cry for help.
  • Without physical evidence, a true confession is the prosecution's best hope for a conviction.
  • The priest listened patiently, hoping to hear a true confession from the troubled man.