The confessional allows to negotiate on errors.
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Confessional
//kənˈfɛʃənəl//
Synonyms for "confessional" (30 found)
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Related words (15)
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6 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 40 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- rrëfyestore noun (small room where confession is performed)
Belarusian
1 entries- спавяда́льня noun (small room where confession is performed)
Bulgarian
1 entries- изповеда́лня noun (small room where confession is performed)
Catalan
1 entries- confessionari noun (small room where confession is performed)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 告解室 noun (small room where confession is performed)
Czech
1 entries- zpovědnice noun (small room where confession is performed)
Danish
1 entries- skriftestol noun (small room where confession is performed)
Dutch
1 entries- biechtstoel noun (small room where confession is performed)
Esperanto
1 entries- konfesejo noun (small room where confession is performed)
Estonian
1 entries- pihitool noun (small room where confession is performed)
Finnish
1 entries- rippituoli noun (small room where confession is performed)
French
1 entries- confessionnal noun (small room where confession is performed)
German
1 entries- Beichtstuhl noun (small room where confession is performed)
Greek
1 entries- εξομολογητήριο noun (small room where confession is performed)
Icelandic
1 entries- skriftarstóll noun (small room where confession is performed)
Irish
2 entries- bosca faoistine noun (small room where confession is performed)
- bosca éistigh noun (small room where confession is performed)
Italian
1 entries- confessionale noun (small room where confession is performed)
Japanese
1 entries- 告解場 noun (small room where confession is performed)
Korean
1 entries- 고해실 noun (small room where confession is performed)
Latvian
1 entries- biktskrēsls noun (small room where confession is performed)
Lithuanian
1 entries- klausyklà noun (small room where confession is performed)
Macedonian
1 entries- исповедалница noun (small room where confession is performed)
Maltese
1 entries- maqrar noun (small room where confession is performed)
Manx
1 entries- kishtey feyshtyney noun (small room where confession is performed)
Norman
1 entries- confêssionna noun (small room where confession is performed)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- skriftestol noun (small room where confession is performed)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- skriftestol noun (small room where confession is performed)
Polish
1 entries- konfesjonał noun (small room where confession is performed)
Portuguese
1 entries- confessionário noun (small room where confession is performed)
Russian
1 entries- исповеда́льня noun (small room where confession is performed)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ispovedaonica noun (small room where confession is performed)
- исповедаоница noun (small room where confession is performed)
Slovak
1 entries- spovednica noun (small room where confession is performed)
Slovene
1 entries- spovednica noun (small room where confession is performed)
Spanish
4 entries- confesional adj (Translations)
- confesionario noun (small room where confession is performed)
- confesonario noun (small room where confession is performed)
- confesorio noun (small room where confession is performed)
Swedish
2 entries- bikt noun (small room where confession is performed)
- biktstol noun (small room where confession is performed)
Tagalog
1 entries- kumpisalan noun (small room where confession is performed)
Ukrainian
1 entries- сповіда́льня noun (small room where confession is performed)
Vilamovian
1 entries- bajchtštül noun (small room where confession is performed)
Walloon
1 entries- kifessionå noun (small room where confession is performed)
Welsh
1 entries- cyffesfa noun (small room where confession is performed)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
The priest went into the confessional blindfolded. He didn't want to see the sinner; he wanted to guide him for his repentance.
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Tom's contributions are getting uncomfortably confessional.
Source: tatoeba (11689431)
The studied reticence of the poems in quatrains is opposed to the more confessional aspects of the monologue.
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