2022-01-25 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – C - confess & admit

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2022-01-25

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – C - confess & admit

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Dictionary.com:

ออกเสียง confess = ‘kuhn-FES”

ออกเสียง admit = “ad-MIT”     

 

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions:

confess & admit

Confess means “to declare, own, or admit as true” 

and is closely related in meaning to grant and concede. 

 

When one confesses some crime or wrongdoing, 

he admits it and also accepts responsibility for 

the soundness of that admission. 

“I confess that I have neglected you” 

implies that 

the speaker recognizes, or admits, guilt or shame for the neglect.

When followed by the -ing form of a verb,

confess takes the preposition to:

“I confess to neglecting you.”

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

History and Etymology for confess & admit

Middle English confessen "to admit, 

confess, (of a priest) hear a confession," 

borrowed from Anglo-French confesser (also continental Old French), derivative of confés "confessed, shriven," going back to Latin confessus, 

past participle of confiteor, confitērī "to admit 

(a fact, the truth of a statement or charge), reveal," from con- CON- + fateor, fatērī "to accept as true, acknowledge, profess," probably a verbal derivative based on Indo-European *bhh2-to- "spoken" or *bhh2-t- "who speaks," from the verbal base *bheh2- "speak, say," whence also Latin for, fārī "to speak, say" — more at BAN entry 1

 

History and Etymology for admit

Verb

Middle English admitten, borrowed from Anglo-French admitter, admetter, admettre, borrowed from Latin admittere "to allow entrance or approach," from ad- AD- + mittere "to release, let go, discharge, let fly, throw down, send (for a purpose)," 

perhaps going back to Indo-European *mei̯th2- 

"alternate, exchange, remove" 

(assuming sense shift "exchange" > "give, bestow" > "let go, send"), 

from whence, with varying ablaut grades, 

Sanskrit méthati "treats hostilely, abuses," mitháḥ "

mutually, alternately," míthū "in opposed directions, wrongly," Avestan mōiθat̰ "will deprive," hǝ̄m.aibī.mōist "(s/he) joins," 

West Germanic *meiþ-a- "conceal, avoid" 

(presumably "remove" > "remove oneself"), 

whence Old English mīðan "to conceal, dissemble," 

Old Saxon miđan, Old High German mīdan 

"to avoid, shy away from, conceal"

 

NOTE: See also forms at etymology of MUTABLE 

descending from a causative derivative *moi̯th2-. 

The short vowel and geminate consonant in mittere is usually explained as an instance of the "littera-rule" (or "Iuppiter-rule"), 

whereby certain pre-Latin diphthongs are resolved as either 

long vowel + single consonant or short vowel + geminate consonant; 

in most such cases examples of both alternates are attested, 

though in this instance no attestation of mīt- is known.

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

Choose the Right Synonym for admit

Verb

Acknowledge, Admit, Own, Avow, Confess,

mean to disclose against one's will or inclination.

Acknowledge implies the disclosing of something 

          that has been or might be concealed.  

          acknowledged an earlier peccadillo

Admit implies reluctance to disclose, grant, or concede 

          and refers usually to facts rather than their implications.  

          admitted the project was over budget 

Own implies acknowledging something in close relation to oneself.  

          must own I know little about computers 

Avow implies boldly declaring, often in the face of hostility, 

          what one might be expected to be silent about.  

          avowed that he was a revolutionary

Confess may apply to an admission of a weakness, failure, 

          omission, or guilt.  

          confessed a weakness for sweets 

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

Word History

A Revelation on Confessional Words

The history of 'confess' and more

 

What to Know

Confess entered the English language in the 14th century 

referring to the admission of sin or wrongdoing. 

It can also refer to revealing something purposefully kept hidden or secret.

 In these uses confession exists both in public and private, 

often religious, contexts.

 

It would be a mistake to try to estimate 

when the ancient word sin was formed in English 

because it goes back to the language's earliest records, 

the dates of which are approximations. 

We can, however, reveal the use and origin of the verb confess. 

It was admitted into the English language in the 14th century. 

Most commonly,

it implies acknowledging or admitting a sin, wrong, or fault. 

 

It can also refer to declaring or disclosing 

something that you have kept 

or allowed to remain secret 

because it might be damaging or embarrassing to oneself 

("She confessed her true feelings"; 

"The teenagers confessed their oddest childhood moments").

 

Confess might also be applied 

when admitting something as true, proven, or valid 

("Unless you answer, the allegation shall be taken as confessed."). 

A priest might also confess. 

The verb can mean "to hear a confession" 

or "to receive the confession of."

 

Origin of 'Confess'

The word traces to the Latin verb confessus, 

which is the past participle of confitēri, formed from 

the joining of the prefix com-, meaning "with or together," 

and the verb fatēri, "to confess." 

That Latin verb is related to fari, "to speak." 

The noun confession is used 

for the acknowledgment of sin or guilt in public or private 

(as to a priest or bishop) 

that is regarded in religions as necessary to obtain divine forgiveness; 

it, like the verb, enters English in the 14th century. 

 

In literature, confession is used to designate an autobiography, 

either real or fictitious, 

in which intimate and hidden details of the subject's life are revealed.

 Notable examples are 

The Confessions of St. Augustine (written about 400 A.D.) 

and Thomas De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1822).

 

The related confessional is

first professed as an adjective of the noun in the 17th century 

("a confessional litany/fiction"), 

and then as a noun itself in the next century 

for a place where a priest hears confessions 

and later for the practice of confessing to a priest. 

Confessionary is synonymous with the adjective 

and noun confessional.

 

Auricular Confession

Auricular—or, less formally, "private"

—religious confession became the usual procedure 

during the Middle Ages. 

Besides meaning "told privately," auricular has scientific senses 

relating to the sense of hearing. 

It is akin to auricle by way of auris, meaning "ear" in Latin. 

Auricle beats as a name for the atrium of a heart, 

which is an anatomical structure that resembles an ear, 

has ear-shaped pouches, and receives blood from the veins 

and forces it into the ventricle or ventricles.

 

Other Words Associated with 'Confession'

Another word that often closely follows 

such religious confession is absolution.

It is from a Latin stem of absolvere, meaning "to set free, acquit, or finish."

 

 It should be noted that in some religions 

absolution specifies a sacred pronouncement of remission 

(that word, from the verb remit, means "forgiveness") 

of sin to the penitent, 

referring to a person who repents of sin. 

 

A priest absolves the penitent using formulaic phrases 

like "I absolve thee from thy sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" 

and "Almighty God have mercy upon you, and forgive you all your sins."

 

Reader, you may now go in peace

—but only if you have read this from beginning to end. 

If you have not, your penance is to do just that.