confession
The open admittance of having done somethingThe open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
» You shouldn't have signed a confession.
Sie hätten kein Geständnis unterschreiben sollen.
Тобі не варто було підписувати зізнання.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
Without the real murderer's confession, an innocent person could be jailed.
Bekenntnis, Eingeständnis, Geständnis
призна́ниеpriznánije
визна́нняvyznánnja, визнаття́vyznattjá, призна́нняpryznánnja
(countable, uncountable)A formal document providing such an admission.
He forced me to sign a confession!
призна́ниеpriznánije
(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.
I went to confession and now I feel much better about what I had done.
Beichte
и́споведьíspovedʹ
спо́відьspóvidʹ
(Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing their sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
(countable, uncountable)Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
Bekenntnis
вероиспове́даниеveroispovédanije, конфе́ссияkonféssija
віросповіда́нняvirospovidánnja, віровизна́нняvirovyznánnja, визна́нняvyznánnja
a public declaration of your 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.
Examples
115 sentencesYou shouldn't have signed a confession.
Тобі не варто було підписувати зізнання.
deSie hätten kein Geständnis unterschreiben sollen.
Why did you sign the confession?
Чому ви підписали зізнання?
ruПочему Вы подписали признание?
deWarum haben Sie das Geständnis unterschrieben?
You signed a confession.
Ти підписав зізнання.
ruТы подписал признание.
deSie haben ein Geständnis unterschrieben.
I have a confession to make.
ruМне надо кое в чём признаться.
Did Tom sign that confession voluntarily?
ruТом подписал это признание добровольно?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English confessioun, from Old French confession, from Latin cōnfessiō, cōnfessFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: confessions| Singular | confession |
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Word family
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