confession
noun/kənˈfeʃn/
Слово англійською: confession
Переклад confession українською: зізна́ння, спо́відь, визнання, висповідь, конфесія
Детальний опис
- [countable, uncountable] a statement that a person makes, admitting that they are guilty of a crime; the act of making such a statement
- After hours of questioning by police, she made a full confession.
- His confession was extracted under torture.
- [countable, uncountable] a statement admitting something that you are ashamed or embarrassed about; the act of making such a statement synonym admission
- I've a confession to make—I lied about my age.
- [uncountable, countable] (especially in the Roman Catholic Church) a private statement to a priest about the bad things that you have done; an occasion when you make such a statement
- The priest heard her confession and granted absolution.
- I used to go to confession every Saturday as a child.
- [countable] (formal) a statement of your religious beliefs, principles, etc.
- a confession of faith
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin confessio(n-), from confiteri ‘acknowledge’, from con- (expressing intensive force) + fateri ‘declare, avow’.