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1 confess
[kən'fes](to make known that one is guilty, wrong etc; to admit: He confessed (to the crime); He confessed that he had broken the vase; It was stupid of me, I confess.) priznati- confessional
- confessor* * *[kənfés]transitive verb & intransitive verb(to) priznati, izpovedati; ecclesiastic spovedati (se) -
2 brainwash
verb (to force (a person) to confess etc by putting great (psychological) pressure on him: The terrorists brainwashed him into believing in their ideals.) prati možgane* * *[bréinwɔš]transitive verblevite komu brati; politično koga obdelovati -
3 free
[fri:] 1. adjective1) (allowed to move where one wants; not shut in, tied, fastened etc: The prison door opened, and he was a free man.) prost2) (not forced or persuaded to act, think, speak etc in a particular way: free speech; You are free to think what you like.) svoboden3) ((with with) generous: He is always free with his money/advice.) velikodušen4) (frank, open and ready to speak: a free manner.) odkrit5) (costing nothing: a free gift.) brezplačen6) (not working or having another appointment; not busy: I shall be free at five o'clock.) prost7) (not occupied, not in use: Is this table free?) prost8) ((with of or from) without or no longer having (especially something or someone unpleasant etc): She is free from pain now; free of charge.) razbremenjen; brezplačen2. verb1) (to make or set (someone) free: He freed all the prisoners.) osvoboditi2) ((with from or of) to rid or relieve (someone) of something: She was able to free herself from her debts by working at an additional job.) rešiti•- freedom- freely
- free-for-all
- freehand
- freehold
- freelance 3. verb(to work in this way: He is freelancing now.) opravljati svobodni poklic- Freepost- free skating
- free speech
- free trade
- freeway
- freewheel
- free will
- a free hand
- set free* * *I [fri:]adjective ( freely adverb)(from, of) prost; svoboden brezplačen; prostovoljen; neomejen, neodvisen; nezaposlen, brezdelen; nezaseden, prazen; neprisiljen, neoviran; radodaren; ljubek; surov, neprijazen; chemistry nevezanto be free to... — smetifree and easy — neformalen, nekonvencionalen, naravenFree Church — cerkev, ki je ločena od države; British English neanglikanska cerkevfree fight — pretep, ravs in kavsfree from ( —ali of) — brez, prost česa; izven, zunajfree hand — proste roke, posebna svoboda dejanjato make s.o. free of one's house — dati komu na razpolago svojo hišo, povabiti koga za poljubno dobofree labour — delavstvo, ki ni včlanjeno v sindikatihfree trade — prosta trgovina; tihotapstvofree alongside ship commerce prost prevoz do ladjeII [fri:]adverb ( from) prosto, neovirano; brezplačno, zastonjmotoring to run free — biti v prostem tekuIII [fri:]transitive verb(of, from) rešiti, oprostiti, osvoboditi; izločiti; odpreti (pot) -
4 torture
['to: ə] 1. verb(to treat (someone) cruelly or painfully, as a punishment, or in order to make him/her confess something, give information etc: He tortured his prisoners; She was tortured by rheumatism/jealousy.) mučiti2. noun1) (the act or practice of torturing: The king would not permit torture.) mučenje2) ((something causing) great suffering: the torture of waiting to be executed.) muka* * *[tɔ:čə]nounmučenje, muka, tortura; figuratively bol(ečina), trpljenje, bridkost; figuratively izkrivljenje, pačenje (besedila itd.)instrument of torture — mučilno orodje, mučiloto put to the torture — mučiti, trpinčiti; figuratively skriviti, zmaličiti, (po)pačiti (besede itd.); (pri)siliti, primorati ( into k) -
5 tell the truth
(to confess or make a true statement.) govoriti resnico
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Confess — Con*fess , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confessing}.] [F. confesser, fr. L. confessus, p. p. of confiteri to confess; con + fateri to confess; akin to fari to speak. See 2d {Ban}, {Fame}.] 1. To make acknowledgment or avowal… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
confess — con·fess /kən fes/ vt: to admit (as a charge or allegation) as true, proven, or valid unless you answer, the petition shall be taken as confessed vi: to make a confession con·fes·sor /kən fe sər/ n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law … Law dictionary
Confess — Con*fess , v. i. 1. To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience. [1913 Webster] Every tongue shall confess to God. Rom. xiv. 11. [1913 Webster] 2. To acknowledge; to admit; to concede. [1913 Webster] But since… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
confess — [kən fes′] vt. [ME confessen < OFr confesser < ML(Ec) * confessare < L confessus, pp. of confiteri, to acknowledge, confess < com , together + fateri, to acknowledge; akin to fari, to speak: see FAME] 1. a) to admit (a fault or crime) … English World dictionary
confess — late 14c., from O.Fr. confesser (trans. and intrans.), from V.L. *confessare, from L. confess , pp. stem of confiteri to acknowledge, from com together (see COM (Cf. com )) + fateri to admit, akin to fari speak (see FAME … Etymology dictionary
confess to — To admit, acknowledge • • • Main Entry: ↑confess … Useful english dictionary
confess — avow, *acknowledge, admit, own Analogous words: *grant, concede, allow: disclose, divulge, *reveal, discover: *declare, proclaim, publish Antonyms: renounce (one s beliefs, principles) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
confess — [v] admit, confirm acknowledge, affirm, allow, assert, attest, aver, avow, blow, blurt out, chirp, clue in, come clean*, come out, concede, confide, declare, disclose, divulge, dump on*, evince, finger*, fink*, grant, humble oneself, leak*, let… … New thesaurus
confess — ► VERB 1) admit to a crime or wrongdoing. 2) acknowledge reluctantly. 3) declare one s sins formally to a priest. 4) (of a priest) hear the confession of. ORIGIN Old French confesser, from Latin confiteri acknowledge … English terms dictionary
confess */*/ — UK [kənˈfes] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms confess : present tense I/you/we/they confess he/she/it confesses present participle confessing past tense confessed past participle confessed 1) a) to admit that you have committed a… … English dictionary
confess — con|fess [kənˈfes] v [I and T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: confesser, from Latin confiteri to confess , from com ( COM ) + fateri to confess ] 1.) to admit, especially to the police, that you have done something wrong or illegal… … Dictionary of contemporary English