confession

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• /kənˈfɛʃən/
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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).

225 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إِقْرَار (ʔiqrār) — open admittance
• Arabic: اِعْتِرَاف (iʕtirāf) — open admittance
• Armenian: խոստովանություն (xostovanutʻyun) — open admittance
• Azerbaijani: etiraf — open admittance
• Azerbaijani: iqrar — open admittance
• Belarusian: прызна́нне (pryznánnje) — open admittance
• Belarusian: прызна́ньне (pryznánʹnje) — open admittance
• Belarusian: вызна́нне (vyznánnje) — open admittance
• Belarusian: вызна́ньне (vyznánʹnje) — open admittance
• Bulgarian: призна́ние (priznánie) — open admittance
• Catalan: confessió — open admittance
• Chinese Mandarin: 自白 (zìbái) — open admittance
• Chinese Mandarin: 承認 /承认 (chéngrèn) — open admittance
• Chinese Mandarin: 自供 (zìgòng) — open admittance
• Chinese Mandarin: 供認 /供认 (gòngrèn) — open admittance
• Chinese Mandarin: 坦白 (tǎnbái) — open admittance
• Chinese Mandarin: 交代 (jiāodài) — open admittance
• Czech: vyznání — open admittance
• Czech: přiznání — open admittance
• Danish: tilståelse — open admittance
• Dutch: bekentenis — open admittance
• Esperanto: konfeso — open admittance
• Finnish: tunnustus — open admittance
• French: confession — open admittance
• Friulian: confession — open admittance
• Galician: confesión — open admittance
• Georgian: აღიარება (aɣiareba) — open admittance
• Georgian: ცნობა (cnoba) — open admittance
• German: Bekenntnis — open admittance
• German: Eingeständnis — open admittance
• German: Geständnis — open admittance
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄 (andahait) — open admittance
• Hebrew: וידוי — open admittance
• Hebrew: וִדּוּי (vidúy) — open admittance
• Hindi: इक़रार (iqrār) — open admittance
• Hindi: संस्वीकृति (sansvīkŕti) — open admittance
• Hindi: स्वीकारोक्ति (svīkārokti) — open admittance
• Hindi: इक़बाल (iqbāl) — open admittance
• Hindi: एतिराफ़ (etirāf) — open admittance
• Hungarian: vallomás — open admittance
• Icelandic: játning — open admittance
• Indonesian: pengakuan — open admittance
• Irish: admháil — open admittance
• Italian: confessione — open admittance
• Japanese: 白状 (hakujō) — open admittance
• Japanese: 自白 (jihaku) — open admittance
• Japanese: 告白 (kokuhaku) — open admittance
• Japanese: 自供 (jikyō) — open admittance
• Khmer: ការសារភាព (kaa saa phiəp) — open admittance
• Khmer: សារភាព (saa phiəp) — open admittance
• Korean: 고백 (gobaek) — open admittance
• Korean: 자백 (jabaek) — open admittance
• Lao: ການສາລະພາບ (kān sā la phāp) — open admittance
• Lao: ສາລະພາບ (sā la phāp) — open admittance
• Latin: cōnfessiō — open admittance
• Latvian: atzīšanās — open admittance
• Lithuanian: prisipažinimas — open admittance
• Macedonian: признавање (priznavanje) — open admittance
• Malay: pengakuan — open admittance
• Māori: whākinga — open admittance
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilståelse — open admittance
• Occitan: confession — open admittance
• Old English: andetnes — open admittance
• Pashto: اعتراف (e'terãf) — open admittance
• Pashto: اقرار (eqrãr) — open admittance
• Iranian Persian: اِعْتِراف (e'terâf) — open admittance
• Iranian Persian: اِقْرار (eġrâr) — open admittance
• Plautdietsch: Bekjantniss — open admittance
• Polish: wyznanie — open admittance
• Polish: przyznanie się — open admittance
• Polish: spowiedź — open admittance
• Polish: zwierzenie — open admittance
• Portuguese: confissão — open admittance
• Romanian: confesiune — open admittance
• Romanian: mărturisire — open admittance
• Romanian: recunoaștere — open admittance
• Russian: призна́ние (priznánije) — open admittance
• Serbo-Croatian: призна́ње — open admittance
• Serbo-Croatian: priznánje — open admittance
• Slovak: vyznanie — open admittance
• Slovak: priznanie — open admittance
• Slovene: priznanje — open admittance
• Spanish: confesión — open admittance
• Swedish: bekännelse — open admittance
• Swedish: erkännande — open admittance
• Swedish: medgivande — open admittance
• Tagalog: pagtatapat — open admittance
• Tajik: эътироф (e'tirof) — open admittance
• Tajik: иқрор (iqror) — open admittance
• Thai: การสารภาพ (gaan-sǎa-rá-pâap) — open admittance
• Thai: สารภาพ (sǎa-rá-pâap) — open admittance
• Tocharian B: teśit — open admittance
• Turkish: itiraf — open admittance
• Turkish: ikrar — open admittance
• Ukrainian: визна́ння (vyznánnja) — open admittance
• Ukrainian: визнаття́ (vyznattjá) — open admittance
• Ukrainian: призна́ння (pryznánnja) — open admittance
• Urdu: اِقْرار (iqrār) — open admittance
• Uyghur: ئىقرار (iqrar) — open admittance
• Uzbek: iqror — open admittance
• Welsh: cyffes — open admittance
• Chinese Mandarin: 自供狀 /自供状 (zìgòngzhuàng) — document
• Chinese Mandarin: 供詞 /供词 (gòngcí) — document
• Chinese Mandarin: 供狀 /供状 (gòngzhuàng) — document
• Chinese Mandarin: 自白書 /自白书 (zìbáishū) — document
• Finnish: tunnustus — document
• Russian: призна́ние (priznánije) — document
• Albanian: pranim — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Arabic: إِقْرَار (ʔiqrār) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Arabic: اِعْتِرَاف (iʕtirāf) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Armenian: խոստովանություն (xostovanutʻyun) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Azerbaijani: tövbə — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Azerbaijani: etiraf — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Azerbaijani: iqrar — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Belarusian: спо́ведзь (spóvjedzʹ) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Bulgarian: и́зповед (ízpoved) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Catalan: confessió — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Chinese Mandarin: 懺悔 /忏悔 (chànhuǐ) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Czech: zpověď — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Danish: skrifte — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Dutch: biecht — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Estonian: ülestunnistus — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Finnish: synnintunnustus — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Finnish: rippi — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• French: confession — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Old French: confession — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• West-Frisian: bycht — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Friulian: confession — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Galician: confesión — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Georgian: აღსარება (aɣsareba) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• German: Beichte — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Greek: εξομολόγηση (exomológisi) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Ancient Greek: ἐξομολόγησις (exomológēsis) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Hebrew: וידוי — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Hebrew: וִדּוּי (vidúy) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Hindi: पाप-स्वीकरण (pāp-svīkraṇ) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Hindi: इक़रार (iqrār) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Hindi: इकरार (ikrār) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Hungarian: gyónás — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Ido: konfesiono — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Irish: faoistin — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Italian: confessione — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Japanese: 懺悔 (zange) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Japanese: 告解 (kokkai) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Kazakh: тәубе (täube) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Korean: 참회 (chamhoe) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Korean: 고해 (gohae) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Northern Kurdish: îtîraf — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Northern Kurdish: mikûr — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Northern Kurdish: îqrar — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Kyrgyz: тобо кылуу (tobo kıluu) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Latin: cōnfessiō — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Latvian: atzīšanās — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Latvian: grēksūdze — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Lithuanian: išpažintis — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Macedonian: исповед (ispoved) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Malay: pengakuan dosa — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Manx: feyshtyn — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Māori: whākinga — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Norwegian Bokmål: skriftemål — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Church Slavic: исповѣдь (ispovědĭ) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Old English: andetnes — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Pashto: اقرار (eqrãr) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Pashto: اعتراف (e'terãf) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Iranian Persian: اِقْرار (eġrâr) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Iranian Persian: اِعْتِراف (e'terâf) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Polish: spowiedź — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Polish: wyspowiadanie się — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Portuguese: confissão — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Romanian: confesiune — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Romanian: mărturisire — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Romanian: spovedire — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Russian: и́споведь (íspovedʹ) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Scottish Gaelic: èisteachd — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Serbo-Croatian: и̏спове̄д — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Serbo-Croatian: и̏сповије̄д — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Serbo-Croatian: ѝспове̄ст — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Serbo-Croatian: ѝсповије̄ст — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Serbo-Croatian: ȉspovēd — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Serbo-Croatian: ȉspovijēd — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Serbo-Croatian: ìspovēst — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Serbo-Croatian: ìspovijēst — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Slovak: spoveď — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Slovene: spoved — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Spanish: confesión — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Swedish: bikt — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Tagalog: kumpisal — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Tajik: омурзиш (omurziš) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Tajik: иқрор (iqror) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Tajik: иътироф (i'tirof) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Turkish: tevbe — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Turkish: ikrar — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Turkish: itiraf — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Turkish: günah çıkarma — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Ukrainian: спо́відь (spóvidʹ) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Urdu: اِقْرار (iqrār) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Urdu: اِعْتِراف (i'tirāf) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Uyghur: ئىقرار (iqrar) — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Uzbek: tavba — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Uzbek: iqror — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Vietnamese: xưng tội — disclosure of one's sins to a priest
• Arabic: طَائِفَة (ṭāʔifa) — acknowledgment of belief
• Belarusian: веравызна́нне (vjeravyznánnje) — acknowledgment of belief
• Belarusian: веравызна́ньне (vjeravyznánʹnje) — acknowledgment of belief
• Belarusian: вызна́нне (vyznánnje) — acknowledgment of belief
• Belarusian: вызна́ньне (vyznánʹnje) — acknowledgment of belief
• Belarusian: канфе́сія (kanfjésija) — acknowledgment of belief
• Bulgarian: вероизпове́дание (veroizpovédanie) — acknowledgment of belief
• Finnish: uskontunnustus — acknowledgment of belief
• Georgian: აღსარება (aɣsareba) — acknowledgment of belief
• Georgian: აღმსარებლობა (aɣmsarebloba) — acknowledgment of belief
• Georgian: რჯული (rǯuli) — acknowledgment of belief
• Georgian: სარწმუნოება (sarc̣munoeba) — acknowledgment of belief
• German: Bekenntnis — acknowledgment of belief
• Polish: wyznanie — acknowledgment of belief
• Polish: konfesja — acknowledgment of belief
• Portuguese: confissão — acknowledgment of belief
• Russian: вероиспове́дание (veroispovédanije) — acknowledgment of belief
• Russian: конфе́ссия (konféssija) — acknowledgment of belief
• Spanish: confesión — acknowledgment of belief
• Ukrainian: віросповіда́ння (virospovidánnja) — acknowledgment of belief
• Ukrainian: віровизна́ння (virovyznánnja) — acknowledgment of belief
• Ukrainian: визна́ння (vyznánnja) — acknowledgment of belief
• Ukrainian: конфе́сія (konfésija) — acknowledgment of belief
• Finnish: uskontunnustus — formula