confess
Senso (Inglese)
- (intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
- (transitive) To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.
- To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution.
- (transitive) To hear or receive such a confession of sins from.
- (transitive) To disclose or reveal.
- (Japanese) To profess one's love.
Concetti
sinonimi
plead guilty
disclose
tell a secret
declare
hear confession
admit of
make confession
tell a story
tell frankly
make an apology
ask for forgiveness
admit one’s mistake
purify the mind
smitch
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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/kənˈfɛs/
Etimologia (Inglese)
In summary
From Middle English confessen, from Anglo-Norman confesser, from Old French confesser, from Latin confessus (Old French confés), past participle of cōnfiteor (“I confess, I admit”) from con- + fateor (“I admit”). Displaced Middle English andetten (“to confess, admit”) (from Old English andettan). Doublet of confiteor. Sense 6 is a calque of 告白 (kokuhaku).
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