confession

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
2. (countable, uncountable) A formal document providing such an admission.
3. (countable, uncountable) 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.
4. (countable, uncountable) Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
5. (countable, uncountable) 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.
6. (Japanese, countable, uncountable) The act of professing one's love.

Sinonieme

admission

acknowledgement

acknowledgment

repentance

penitence

expression

profession

avowal

creed

declaration

shrift

recognition

owning

penance

penitential

reconciliation

saying

statement

story

tale

term

testimony

unbosoming

word

church doctrine

religious doctrine

confidential talk

avouchment

history

religion

ad-mission

admission of guilt

affidavit

approval

bond

concession

confess

consent

fable

faith

homology

legend

oral evidence

Vertalings

confession

confessione

confesión

Beichte

aveu

confissão

Bekenntnis

Geständnis

biecht

confessió

bekentenis

εξομολόγηση

اعتراف

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/kənˈfɛʃən/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: confessioun

In summary

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).