Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with confession in American Collocation
confession
noun
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/kənˈfeʃ(ə)n/
alleged
false
frank
full
true
written
After the second murder, a young man was arrested and gave a full confession.
say your confession was not true
retract
withdraw
Downing later tried to retract the confession.