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confession [kənˈfɛʃən] n 1. the act of confessing 2. something confessed 3. an acknowledgment or declaration, esp of one's faults, misdeeds, or crimes 4. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity Chiefly RC Church the act of a penitent accusing himself of his sins (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) confession of faith a formal public avowal of religious beliefs 6. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a religious denomination or sect united by a common system of beliefs confessionary adj Confession a religious group; a body or church united by a particular confession of faith. See also communion, congregation. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
confession noun admission, revelation, disclosure, acknowledgment, avowal, divulgence, exposure, unbosoming His confession was extracted under duress Proverbs "Confession is good for the soul" Translations confession [kənˈfeʃən] N 1. (= act, document) → confesión f to make a confession → confesar, hacer una confesión to make a full confession → confesarlo todo, confesar de plano 2. (Rel) to go to confession → confesarse to hear sb's confession → confesar a algn confession of faith → profesión f de fe confession [kənˈfɛʃən] n [crime, murder] → aveu m (RELIGION) → confession f to go to confession → aller se confesser to make a confession → faire une confession confession n (= admission) → Eingeständnis nt; (of guilt, crime etc) → Geständnis nt; on his own confession → laut eigener Aussage; to make a full confession of something to somebody (Jur also) → jdm ein volles Geständnis einer Sache (gen) → ablegen; I have a confession to make → ich muss dir etwas beichten (inf) → or gestehen; (Jur) → ich möchte ein Geständnis ablegen; “confessions of a … ” → „Bekenntnisse eines/einer …“; confession magazine → Zeitschrift f → mit Geschichten, die das Leben schrieb (Eccl: of sins) → Beichte f, → (Schuld- or Sünden)bekenntnis nt; general confession → allgemeines Sündenbekenntnis; confession of faith → Glaubensbekenntnis nt; to make one’s confession → seine Sünden bekennen; to hear confession → (die) Beichte hören (= faith) → (Glaubens)bekenntnis nt, → Konfession f; what confession are you? → welche Konfession or Glaubenszugehörigkeit haben Sie? confession [kənˈfɛʃ/ən] n → confessione f to go to confession → andare a confessarsi to make one's confession → confessarsi to hear sb's confession → ascoltare la confessione di qn confession [kənˈfɛʃ/ən] n → confessione f to go to confession → andare a confessarsi to make one's confession → confessarsi to hear sb's confession → ascoltare la confessione di qn How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| A little less than a hundred years ago, and a little more than six hundred years after the death, the confession of Pervaise was discovered in the secret archives of the Vatican. This side of his story has never been told before, and from his confession and from the great mass of evidence and the documents and records of the time we are able to construct a fairly accurate portrait of him, and to discern the factors and pressures that moulded him into the human monster he became and that drove him onward and downward along the fearful path he trod. Nothing but the saddest of all confessions that a man can make--the confession of his own folly. |
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