confession

Meaning

1. confession (admittance of having done something, good, bad or neutral)
2. confession (the disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution)
3. creed (a declaration of one's religious faith)

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɔ̃.fɛ.sjɔ̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French confession, from Latin cōnfessiōnem (“confession, acknowledgment, creed or avowal of one's faith”).

Sentences

De confession catholique romaine , il est marié et père de deux enfants .

A Roman Catholic, he is married and the father of two children.