confession
Meaning of confession
noun
- a formal statement admitting that one is guilty of a crime.
he signed a confession to both the murders
proof of this crime must be established by confession
- a statement setting out essential religious doctrine.
a Protestant confession of faith
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin confessio(n- ), from confiteri ‘acknowledge’ (see confess).
Information about confession
- It is a name.
- The plural form of confession is: confessions.
- Languages in which confession is used:
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Hyphenation of confession
con-fes-sion
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- confession is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
confession synonyms
Meaning a statement acknowledging the truth of something:
Meaning acceptance of the truth or existence of something:
Meaning an act of declaring that one has a particular feeling or quality, especially when this is not the case:
Meaning a surprising and previously unknown fact that has been disclosed to others:
Meaning the action of making new or secret information known:
Meaning the action of revealing private or sensitive information:
Meaning the state of having no protection from something harmful:
Meaning disclose (one's thoughts or secrets):
confession antonyms
Meaning the action of hiding something or preventing it from being known:
Meaning the action of denying something:
Translation of confession
- French: confession
- German: Geständnis
- Italian: confessione, ammissione
- Spanish: confesión
- Portuguese: confissão
Words that rhyme with confession
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