Confessing

/kənˈfɛsɪŋ/

Synonyms for "confessing" (21 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Strong matches (6)

Related words (10)

Related word relations

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More general

13 entries
adjectiveadmitbehavioral descriptordeclarelinguistic descriptorparticipial adjectivepersonality descriptorprofessreligious descriptorreligious practicespeech acttheological termtherapeutic process

More specific

14 entries
clinical disclosureconfessionalexplicit confessionfrank admissionfull confessionoral confessionpartial confessionpenitentialpublic confessionsacramental confessionself-disclosingself-incriminatingtherapeutic confessiontransparent

Collocations

15 entries
confessing churchconfessing guiltconfessing to authoritiesconfessing toneconfessing witnessconfession to authoritiesconfessional boothfull confessionopen confessionpartial confessionprivate confessionpublic confessionreligious confessionsacramental confessionverbal confession

Inflections

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Derivations

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Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

There is no need to be ashamed of confessing one's mistakes.

Source: tatoeba (264663)

It's no use confessing your sins to the priest if you don't think twice before repeating them.

Source: tatoeba (1239144)

The greatest joy after being in love is confessing one's love.

Source: tatoeba (1537971)

The greatest joy after loving is confessing one's love.

Source: tatoeba (1539930)

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