confession

Definitions

1. The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad)
2. The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
   countable, uncountable
3. to make known that one is guilty, wrong etc; to admit. He confessed (to the crime); He confessed that he had broken the vase; It was stupid of me, I confess. beken, bely, bieg, erken يَعْتَرِف признавам confessar přiznat (se), uznat gestehen tilstå; indrømme ομολογώconfesar (üles) tunnistama اعتراف کردن؛ اقرار کردن tunnustaa avouer לְהִתווָדוֹת कबूल करना priznati, ispovijediti bevall mengaku játa, viðurkenna confessare 告白する 고백하다 prisipažinti atzīties; izsūdzēt grēkus mengaku bekennen tilstå, ...
   etc
4. A formal document providing such an admission
5. A formal document providing such an admission.
   countable, uncountable
6. the seat etc where a priest sits when hearing confessions. bieg, biegstoel كُرْسي الإعْتِراف изповедня confessionário zpovědnice der Beichtstuhl skriftestol εξομολογητήριο confesionario pihitool اعترافگاه rippituoli confessionnal תָּא וִידוּי पाप स्वीकार-पीठिका ispovjedaonica gyóntatószék tempat pengakuan dosa skriftastóll confessionale 告白聴聞席 고백실 klausykla biktskrēsls petak mendengar pengakuan dosa biechtstoelskriftestol konfesjonał په كليسا كې هغه ځاې يا ګدۍ چه هلته عيسوى ملاناست وى او دخلكو...
   etc
7. 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
8. 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
9. a priest who hears confessions. belyder; geloofsgetuie; biegvader الكاهِن المُعرِّف изповедник confessor zpovědník der Beichtvater skriftefader εξομολογητήςconfesor pihiisa اقرار کننده rippi-isä confesseur כּוֹמֶר וִידוּי पापमोचक, पाप स्वीकरण पादरी ispovjednik gyóntató pastor yang mendengarkan pengakuan dosa skriftaprestur confessore 聴罪司祭 고해 신부 nuodėmklausys biktstēvs paderi pendengar pengakuan dosa biechtvaderskriftefar spowiednik اعتراف كوونكى، اقرار كوونكى: عيسوى ملا چه دخلكو دګناهو نو اعت...
10. Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith
11. Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
    countable, uncountable
12. The act or process of confessing, as in telling one's life story as a series of failings or tribulations.
13. 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
14. 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.
    countable, uncountable
15. Something confessed, especially a disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution.
16. The act of professing one's love.
    Japanese, countable, uncountable
17. Confession In some Christian churches, the sacrament of Penance.
18. A statement made acknowledging guilt of an offense.
19. An avowal of belief in the doctrines of a particular faith; a creed.
20. A church or group of worshipers adhering to a specific creed.
21. the act of confessing

Equivalents

46 more languages

العربيةإقراراعترافالإعترافطائفة+ 1 more

Azərbaycan dilietirafiqrartövbə

Bosanskidokumentispovedispovestispovijedispovijestkonfesijazakonзаконисповедисповестисповиједисповијестконфесија+ 10 more

Catalàconfessió

Češtinapřiznánívyznánízpověď

Cymraegcyffes

Danskskriftetilståelse

Ελληνικάεξομολόγησηομολογίαπαραδοχή

Esperantokonfeso

Suomirippisynnintunnustustunnustususkontunnustus+ 1 more

Gaeilgeadmháilfaoistin

Gàidhligéisteachd

Galegoconfesión

עבריתהודאהוידוי

हिन्दीइक़बालइक़रारए'तिराफ़प्रतिक्रमण+ 1 more

Hrvatskidokumentispovedispovestispovijedispovijestkonfesijazakonзаконисповедисповестисповиједисповијестконфесија+ 10 more

Magyarvallomás

Հայերենխոստովանություն

Bahasa Indonesiaafirmasiapologiapengakuansakramen rekonsiliasisakramen tobat+ 2 more

Íslenskajátning

Italianoconfessione

日本語告白告解懺悔白状自供自白+ 3 more

ქართულიაღიარებააღსარებასარწმუნოებაცნობა+ 1 more

Қазақ тілітәубе

ភាសាខ្មែរការសារភាពសារភាព

한국어고백고해자백참회+ 1 more

Kurdîdokumentîtiraf

Latinaconfessio

Latviešugrēksūdze

Македонскиисповедпризнавање

Nederlandsbekentenisbiecht

Polskidokumentkonfesjakonfesyjnyspowiedniczyspowiednyspowiedźspowiedziowywynurzeniewyspowiadanie sięwyznaniezwierzenie+ 8 more

Portuguêsconfissão

Românăconfesiunemărturisirerecunoașterespovedire+ 1 more

Русскийвероисповеданиеисповедьконфессияпризнание+ 1 more

Shqippranim

Српскиdokumentispovedispovestispovijedispovijestkonfesijazakonзаконисповедисповестисповиједисповијестконфесија+ 10 more

Svenskabekännelsebikterkännandemedgivande+ 1 more

ไทยการสารภาพสารภาพ

Tagalogkumpisalpagtatapat

Türkçeikraritiraf

ئۇيغۇرچەئىقرار

Українськавизнаннявіровизна́ннявіросповіда́нняконфесіяпризна́нняспо́відь+ 3 more

اردواعترافاقرار

O'zbekchaiqrortavba

Tiếng Việtxưng tội

Examples

“Without the real murderer's confession, an innocent person could be jailed.”

“With a crafty madness keeps aloof, / When we would bring⟳ him on to some confession / Of his true state.”

“If you’re looking for juicier confessions – that is, admissions of the kinds of sins unearthed on detective shows or reality TV – then you’ll want⟳ to look⟳ elsewhere. My sinning life is rather uneventful.”

“That all changed last⟳ month when 37-year-old Peralta borrowed a phone, called police and made a blunt confession to a crime he says he committed nearly 15 years ago, according to an arrest affidavit.”

“He forced me to sign⟳ a confession!”

“Both the basic idea of confession, and the techniques devised by Yezhov for extracting them, however, were to receive⟳ significant employment in Asia in the 1950s. The Chinese accused the Americans of waging bacteriological warfare in Korea. The evidence they produced consisted of feathers, insects, clams, rats, and other things riddled with germs and allegedly dropped from American planes. Such evidence was not, on the face⟳ of it, very convincing - though even this was accepted by one type⟳ of Westerner. To fortify their case, the Chinese resorted to confessions, extracted from American pilots.”

“I went to confession and now I feel⟳ much better about what I had done.”

“Hauing diſpleaſ'd my Father, to Lawrence Cell, / To make⟳ confeſſion, and to be abſolu'd.”

“With the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”

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