confession
要点自白
意味
- (罪などの)自白,自認《+of+名》
- 《文》(信仰の)告白《+of+名》
- (罪の)ざんげ
例文
The police forced a confession from her.
警察は彼女を無理やり白状させた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English confessioun, from Old French confession, from Latin cōnfessiō, cōnfessiōnem (“confession, acknowledgment, creed or avowal of one's faith”). Displaced native Old English andetnes. Doublet of confessio. Morphologically confess + -ion. Sense 6 is a calque of 告白 (kokuhaku).