confession

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad). countable,uncountable
    — Without the real murderer's confession, an innocent person could be jailed.
  2. A formal document providing such an admission. countable,uncountable
    — He forced me to sign a confession!
  3. 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. countable,uncountable
    — I went to confession and now I feel much better about what I had done.
  4. Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith. countable,uncountable
    — With the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
  5. 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. countable,uncountable
  6. The act of professing one's love. Japanese,countable,uncountable

词形变化

confessions plural confessione alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
Aaron's confession anticonfession confessional confession booth confession box confessionless every accusation is a confession nonconfession
相关词
confess

词源

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).
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