confession

== English == === Alternative forms === confessione (obsolete) === Etymology === From 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. Morphologically confess +‎ -ion. Sense 6 is a calque of 告白 (kokuhaku). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kənˈfɛʃən/ Rhymes: -ɛʃən === Noun === confession (countable and uncountable, plural confessions) The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad). A formal document providing such an admission. (Christianity) 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. Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith. 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. (chiefly Japanese media) The act of professing one's love. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== confess ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French confession, from Latin cōnfessiōnem (“confession, acknowledgment, creed or avowal of one's faith”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.fɛ.sjɔ̃/ ~ /kɔ̃.fe.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === confession f (plural confessions) confession (admittance of having done something, good, bad or neutral) confession (the disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution) creed (a declaration of one's religious faith) ==== Derived terms ==== donner le bon Dieu sans confession ==== Descendants ==== → German: Konfession → Romanian: confesiune === Further reading === “confession”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Friulian == === Noun === confession f (plural confessions) confession == Middle English == === Noun === confession alternative form of confessioun == Occitan == === Etymology === From Latin cōnfessiō. === Pronunciation === === Noun === confession f (plural confessions) confession ==== Related terms ==== confessar === Further reading === Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎[4], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2026, page 187 == Old French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cōnfessiō, cōnfessiōnem. === Noun === confession oblique singular, f (oblique plural confessions, nominative singular confession, nominative plural confessions) confession (the disclosure of one's sins to a clergyman for absolution) ==== Descendants ==== French: confession→ German: Konfession→ Romanian: confesiune → Middle English: confessioun, confession, confessyon, confessyone, confessyownEnglish: confession