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1 confession
nounon or by one's own confession — nach eigenem Geständnis
* * *[-ʃən]1) (acknowledgment of a crime or fault: The youth made a confession to the police officer.) das Geständnis2) ((an) act of confessing one's sins to a priest: She went to confession every Friday.) die Beichte* * *con·fes·sion[kənˈfeʃən]nto have a \confession to make etw gestehen [o fam beichten] müssento go to \confession zur Beichte gehen* * *[kən'feSən]nto make a full confession of sth to sb (Jur also) — jdm ein volles Geständnis einer Sache (gen) ablegen
I have a confession to make — ich muss dir etwas beichten (inf) or gestehen; (Jur) ich möchte ein Geständnis ablegen
"confessions of a... " — "Bekenntnisse eines/einer..."
confession magazine — Zeitschrift f mit Geschichten, die das Leben schrieb
to make one's confession — seine Sünden bekennen
3) (= faith) (Glaubens)bekenntnis nt, Konfession f* * *confession [kənˈfeʃn] smake a (full) confession ein (volles) Geständnis ablegen;he has made a confession auch er ist geständig;2. Einräumung f, Zugeständnis n3. JUR Anerkenntnis n, Anerkennung f (eines Rechts etc)4. REL Beichte f, Sündenbekenntnis n:go to confession zur Beichte gehen;hear sb’s confession jemandem die Beichte abnehmen; → academic.ru/4417/auricular">auricular 1, dying 25. REL Konfession f:a) Glaubensbekenntnis nb) Glaubensgemeinschaft f6. ARCH, REL Grabmal n oder Altar m eines Bekenners* * *noun1) (of offence etc.; thing confessed) Geständnis, dason or by one's own confession — nach eigenem Geständnis
2) (Eccl.): (of sins etc.) Beichte, die* * *(religion) n.Beichte -n f. n.Bekenntnis f.Geständnis n.
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Confession — Con*fes sion, n. [F. confession, L. confessio.] 1. Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one s self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime. [1913 Webster] With a crafty madness keeps aloof, When we would bring him… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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