confession
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
- (countable, uncountable) A formal document providing such an admission.
- (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.
- (countable, uncountable) Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
- (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.
- (Japanese, countable, uncountable) The act of professing one's love.
Synonyms
church doctrine
religious doctrine
confidential talk
ad-mission
admission of guilt
oral evidence
Translations
confession
confessione
confesión
Beichte
confissão
biecht
confessió
εξομολόγηση
اعترافFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kənˈfɛʃən/
Etymology
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).
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