Beknowing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Confession; acknowledgement. uncountable

    "But self-consciousness is also a gift, the capacity to perceive ourselves and creation in relation to each other, to practice the "beknowing" I spoke of in reference to my medieval ancestors and to see the evidences through which God manifests Himself in the world."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of beknow form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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confessmake a clean breast

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"But self-consciousness is also a gift, the capacity to perceive ourselves and creation in relation to each other, to practice the "beknowing" I spoke of in reference to my medieval ancestors and to see the evidences through which God manifests Himself in the world."

Etymology

From beknow + -ing.

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