Collocations for confession - noun

full
public
true
It's difficult to believe it's a true confession after all her lies.

false
alleged
coerced, forced
signed, taped, videotaped (AmE), written
deathbed

make
sign, write
get, obtain, secure
coerce, extract, force
He claims his confession was extracted under torture.

retract
She made a false confession during the trial which she later retracted.

exclude (BrE)
The court excluded the confession wrongly obtained by the police.

confession by
an alleged confession by the defendant

confession from
a confession from the prisoner

confession of
a true confession of a terrible crime

confession to
a confession to murder

force a confession out of sb, get a confession out of sb
The police forced a confession out of him.

go to
I used to go to confession every Saturday as a child.

hear
The priest heard her confession and granted absolution.

booth (esp. AmE), box

an act of confession