CONFESSION


Meaning of CONFESSION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kənfeʃ(ə)n ]

( confessions)

1.

A confession is a signed statement by someone in which they admit that they have committed a particular crime.

They forced him to sign a confession.

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2.

Confession is the act of admitting that you have done something that you are ashamed of or embarrassed about.

The diaries are a mixture of confession and observation...

I have a confession to make.

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3.

If you make a confession of your beliefs or feelings, you publicly tell people that this is what you believe or feel.

...Tatyana’s confession of love.

= declaration

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4.

In the Catholic church and in some other churches, if you go to confession , you privately tell a priest about your sins and ask for forgiveness.

He never went to Father Porter for confession again.

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