confession
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confession
- /kənˈfɛʃən/
Rhymes with -ɛʃən
Where it comes from
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).
noun confessions · confessione
- The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad). Without the real murderer's confession, an innocent person could be jailed.
- A formal document providing such an admission. He forced me to sign a confession!
- The disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is now also termed the sacrament of reconciliation. I went to confession and now I feel much better about what I had done.
- Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith. With the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
- A formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.
- The act of professing one's love.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: confess, confessional, plea, acknowledge, acknowledgment, admission, faith, testimony, repentance, persuasion, declaration, belief, recognize, recognition, statement, revelation
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Every language
noun open admittance
| Español | confesión |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 고백 gobaek, 자백 jabaek |
| 日本語 | 白状 hakujō, 自白 jihaku, 告白 kokuhaku, 自供 jikyō |
| 中文 | 自白 zìbái, 承認 /承认 chéngrèn, 自供 zìgòng, 供認 /供认 gòngrèn, 坦白 tǎnbái, 交代 jiāodài |
| हिन्दी | इक़रार iqrār, संस्वीकृति sansvīkŕti, स्वीकारोक्ति svīkārokti, इक़बाल iqbāl, एतिराफ़ etirāf |
| Português | confissão |
| Français | confession |
| Deutsch | Bekenntnis, Eingeständnis, Geständnis |
| Italiano | confessione |
| Română | confesiune, mărturisire, recunoaștere |
| Русский | призна́ние priznánije |
| العربية | إِقْرَار ʔiqrār, اِعْتِرَاف iʕtirāf |
| עברית | וידוי, וִדּוּי vidúy |
noun document
| 中文 | 自供狀 /自供状 zìgòngzhuàng, 供詞 /供词 gòngcí, 供狀 /供状 gòngzhuàng, 自白書 /自白书 zìbáishū |
|---|---|
| Русский | призна́ние priznánije |
noun disclosure of one's sins to a priest
| Español | confesión |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 참회 chamhoe, 고해 gohae |
| 日本語 | 懺悔 zange, 告解 kokkai |
| 中文 | 懺悔 /忏悔 chànhuǐ |
| हिन्दी | पाप-स्वीकरण pāp-svīkraṇ, इक़रार iqrār, इकरार ikrār |
| Português | confissão |
| Français | confession |
| Deutsch | Beichte |
| Italiano | confessione |
| Ελληνικά | εξομολόγηση exomológisi |
| Română | confesiune, mărturisire, spovedire |
| Русский | и́споведь íspovedʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | xưng tội |
| العربية | إِقْرَار ʔiqrār, اِعْتِرَاف iʕtirāf |
| עברית | וידוי, וִדּוּי vidúy |
noun acknowledgment of belief
| Español | confesión |
|---|---|
| Português | confissão |
| Deutsch | Bekenntnis |
| Русский | вероиспове́дание veroispovédanije, конфе́ссия konféssija |
| العربية | طَائِفَة ṭāʔifa |
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title = {confession},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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