confession
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- noun
- /kənˈfɛʃən/
:
confesión
- - Will you please hear my confession now? - Yes.
- go to confession
- make a confession
- private confession
Like they, they make it a point to go and practice confession.
- Like they, they make it a point to go and practice confession.
- I found communion, I mean, not communion, confession.
- And I thought, jeez, I have to go to confession.
- So I got on my knees and I poured out a confession of a lifetime of immorality that would absolutely curl your hair.
- Every single faith tradition that I've known thing about worldwide, historical and otherwise, has some aspect of something we call confession.
Examples
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- I can take your confession here or we can go in my office.
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"Father Thomas was always available to hear confession, no matter the time of day."
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This is by far the most common confession that has come in.
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This is my first confession in a... really long time.
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Would you like me to hear your confession?
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A priest came out and announced there would be confession first for the adults.
Fiction book (1995) -
It has been five years since my last confession.
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It has been six months since my last confession.
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Today, in the garden, he contemplated the early-morning confession and the meeting that night.
Fiction book (1994) -
Needless to say, I dreaded going to confession with Father Carbonell.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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3.8
A statement where someone says they did something after denying it
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
A written agreement where a person who owes money admits debt and a court can order payment without a trial
- Formal
An official statement written in 1530 that explains Lutheran beliefs and church reforms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Confession comes from the Latin parts con- 'with' and fateri 'to admit', and it shares the same root as the verb confess. So a church confession is literally admitting your sins 'with' someone such as a priest to seek forgiveness.