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Confession
confession
(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. N-COUNT 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. N-VAR 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 N-VAR: usu N of n 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. N-VAR
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1.
noun Date: 14th century 1. a. an act of confessing; especially a disclosure of one's sins in the sacrament of reconciliation b. a session for the confessing of sins go to ~ 2. a statement of what is confessed: as a. a written or oral acknowledgment of guilt by a party accused of an offense b. a formal statement of religious beliefs ; creed 3. an organized religious body having a common creed ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
n. 1 a confessing or acknowledgement of a fault, wrongdoing, a sin to a priest, etc. b an instance of this. c a thing confessed. 2 (in full confession of faith) a a declaration of one's religious beliefs. b a statement of one's principles. Derivatives confessionary adj. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L confessio -onis (as confess) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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4.
1. признание, сознание (своей вины) 2. признание (права, требования и т. п.) extrajudicial confession —- юр. внесудебное признание confession of signature —- признание своей подписи 3. церк. исповедь 4. символ веры (также C. of Faith) 5. вероисповедание; принадлежность к какой-л. религии или церкви 6. могила, алтарь или часовня мученика или исповедника ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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6.
~ n 1 a formal statement that you have done something wrong or illegal (The police officer wrote down every word of Smith's confession.) + of (a confession of failure) make a confession (At 3 a.m. Higgins broke down and made a full confession.) 2 a private statement to a priest about the bad things that you have done 3 formal a statement of what your religious beliefs are (a confession of faith) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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