Confessions

1. The title of two well-known autobiographies : that of Augustine from the fourth century, describing his early years and his conversion to Christianity , and that of the eighteenth-century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau .

Example Sentences

“Even though in my heart I know that it’s not a bad thing. There’s still a piece of me that thinks that. And I hate that side of me,” he said in an article titled “Confessions of a Neurotic Teen Idol.”

From Los Angeles Times

However, more recent research on interrogation methods and human psychology have shown this tactic can prove flawed, especially when used on young or vulnerable people, and lead to false confessions.

From Los Angeles Times

Benjamin Hawkes, the second-in-command to two cardinals and a well-known leader who was the inspiration for Robert De Niro‘s character in the movie “True Confessions,” was accused after his death of abuse.

From Los Angeles Times

I want to close with some words from Daniel Ellsberg’s book "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner," summing up the preparations for nuclear war.

From Salon

After the Beatles caused a “paradigm shift in my consciousness” with “Rubber Soul” and “Revolver,” Bratton joined the Grass Roots and became a rock star with songs like “Let’s Live for Today’ and “Midnight Confessions.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• account
• anecdote
• autobiography
• biography
• chronicle
• diary
• essay
• journal
• life
• life story
• memory
• narrative
• note
• recollection
• reminiscence
• thesis
• treatise