The police forced a confession from her.
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Confession
//kənˈfɛʃən//
Synonyms for "confession" (73 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (36)
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10 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
8 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
6 entriesrelated to
13 entriesTranslations
223 translations across 74 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- pranim noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐξομολόγησις noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Arabic
4 entries- إِقْرَار noun (open admittance)
- إِقْرَار noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- اِعْتِرَاف noun (open admittance)
- اِعْتِرَاف noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Armenian
2 entries- խոստովանություն noun (open admittance)
- խոստովանություն noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- etiraf noun (open admittance)
- etiraf noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- iqrar noun (open admittance)
- iqrar noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Belarusian
4 entries- веравызна́нне noun (acknowledgment of belief)
- веравызна́ньне noun (acknowledgment of belief)
- вызна́нне noun (open admittance)
- вызна́нне noun (acknowledgment of belief)
Bulgarian
3 entries- вероизпове́дание noun (acknowledgment of belief)
- и́зповед noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- призна́ние noun (open admittance)
Catalan
2 entries- confessió noun (open admittance)
- confessió noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 交代 noun (open admittance)
- 供狀 /供状 noun (document)
- 供詞 /供词 noun (document)
- 供認 /供认 noun (open admittance)
Church Slavic
1 entries- исповѣдь noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Czech
3 entries- přiznání noun (open admittance)
- vyznání noun (open admittance)
- zpověď noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Danish
2 entries- skrifte noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- tilståelse noun (open admittance)
Dutch
2 entries- bekentenis noun (open admittance)
- biecht noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Esperanto
1 entries- konfeso noun (open admittance)
Estonian
1 entries- ülestunnistus noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Finnish
4 entries- rippi noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- synnintunnustus noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- tunnustus noun (open admittance)
- tunnustus noun (document)
French
2 entries- confession noun (open admittance)
- confession noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Friulian
2 entries- confession noun (open admittance)
- confession noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Galician
2 entries- confesión noun (open admittance)
- confesión noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Georgian
4 entries- აღიარება noun (open admittance)
- აღმსარებლობა noun (acknowledgment of belief)
- აღსარება noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- აღსარება noun (acknowledgment of belief)
German
4 entries- Beichte noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- Bekenntnis noun (open admittance)
- Eingeständnis noun (open admittance)
- Geständnis noun (open admittance)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄 noun (open admittance)
Greek
1 entries- εξομολόγηση noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Hebrew
4 entries- וִדּוּי noun (open admittance)
- וִדּוּי noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- וידוי noun (open admittance)
- וידוי noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Hindi
4 entries- इकरार noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- इक़बाल noun (open admittance)
- इक़रार noun (open admittance)
- इक़रार noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Hungarian
2 entries- gyónás noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- vallomás noun (open admittance)
Icelandic
1 entries- játning noun (open admittance)
Ido
1 entries- konfesiono noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Indonesian
1 entries- pengakuan noun (open admittance)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- اِعْتِراف noun (open admittance)
- اِعْتِراف noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- اِقْرار noun (open admittance)
- اِقْرار noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Irish
2 entries- admháil noun (open admittance)
- faoistin noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Italian
2 entries- confessione noun (open admittance)
- confessione noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Japanese
4 entries- 告白 noun (open admittance)
- 告解 noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- 懺悔 noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- 白状 noun (open admittance)
Kazakh
1 entries- тәубе noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Khmer
2 entries- ការសារភាព noun (open admittance)
- សារភាព noun (open admittance)
Korean
4 entries- 고백 noun (open admittance)
- 고해 noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- 자백 noun (open admittance)
- 참회 noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- тобо кылуу noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Lao
2 entries- ການສາລະພາບ noun (open admittance)
- ສາລະພາບ noun (open admittance)
Latin
2 entries- cōnfessiō noun (open admittance)
- cōnfessiō noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Latvian
3 entries- atzīšanās noun (open admittance)
- atzīšanās noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- grēksūdze noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Lithuanian
2 entries- išpažintis noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- prisipažinimas noun (open admittance)
Macedonian
2 entries- исповед noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- признавање noun (open admittance)
Malay
2 entries- pengakuan noun (open admittance)
- pengakuan dosa noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Manx
1 entries- feyshtyn noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Māori
2 entries- whākinga noun (open admittance)
- whākinga noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- mikûr noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- îqrar noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- îtîraf noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- skriftemål noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- tilståelse noun (open admittance)
Occitan
1 entries- confession noun (open admittance)
Old English
2 entries- andetnes noun (open admittance)
- andetnes noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Old French
1 entries- confession noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Pashto
4 entries- اعتراف noun (open admittance)
- اعتراف noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- اقرار noun (open admittance)
- اقرار noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Bekjantniss noun (open admittance)
Polish
4 entries- konfesja noun (acknowledgment of belief)
- przyznanie się noun (open admittance)
- spowiedź noun (open admittance)
- spowiedź noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Portuguese
2 entries- confissão noun (open admittance)
- confissão noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Romanian
4 entries- confesiune noun (open admittance)
- confesiune noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- mărturisire noun (open admittance)
- mărturisire noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Russian
4 entries- вероиспове́дание noun (acknowledgment of belief)
- и́споведь noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- конфе́ссия noun (acknowledgment of belief)
- призна́ние noun (open admittance)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- èisteachd noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- priznánje noun (open admittance)
- ìspovijēst noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- ìspovēst noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- ȉspovijēd noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Slovak
3 entries- priznanie noun (open admittance)
- spoveď noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- vyznanie noun (open admittance)
Slovene
2 entries- priznanje noun (open admittance)
- spoved noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Spanish
2 entries- confesión noun (open admittance)
- confesión noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Swedish
4 entries- bekännelse noun (open admittance)
- bikt noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- erkännande noun (open admittance)
- medgivande noun (open admittance)
Tagalog
2 entries- kumpisal noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- pagtatapat noun (open admittance)
Tajik
4 entries- иътироф noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- иқрор noun (open admittance)
- иқрор noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- омурзиш noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Thai
2 entries- การสารภาพ noun (open admittance)
- สารภาพ noun (open admittance)
Tocharian B
1 entries- teśit noun (open admittance)
Turkish
4 entries- günah çıkarma noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- ikrar noun (open admittance)
- ikrar noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- itiraf noun (open admittance)
Ukrainian
4 entries- визна́ння noun (open admittance)
- визна́ння noun (acknowledgment of belief)
- визнаття́ noun (open admittance)
- віровизна́ння noun (acknowledgment of belief)
Urdu
3 entries- اِعْتِراف noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- اِقْرار noun (open admittance)
- اِقْرار noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Uyghur
2 entries- ئىقرار noun (open admittance)
- ئىقرار noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Uzbek
3 entries- iqror noun (open admittance)
- iqror noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
- tavba noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Vietnamese
1 entries- xưng tội noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Welsh
2 entries- cyffes noun (open admittance)
- cyffesau noun (open admittance)
West-Frisian
1 entries- bycht noun (disclosure of one's sins to a priest)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Having heard his love confession, the girl blushed.
Source: tatoeba (1338582)
Revenge is a confession of pain.
Source: tatoeba (1638001)
"Here's your confession." "I'm not signing that."
Source: tatoeba (1858741)
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