confession
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noun
1. a formal statement admitting that one is guilty of a crime:
〖具体例ではa (...) ～/～s〗 «人への/…という» (罪･気持ちなどの)白状, 自白, 告白, 自認 «to/that節» ; 供述書, 自白書
e.g. he signed a confession to the murders.
an admission or acknowledgment that one has done something that one is ashamed or embarrassed about:
e.g. by his own confession, he had strayed perilously close to alcoholism.
a formal admission of one's sins with repentance and desire of absolution, especially privately to a priest as a religious duty:
〘カトリック〙 (罪の)懺悔
e.g. she still had not been to confession. See also sacrament of reconciliation.
(confessions) often humorous intimate revelations about a person's private life or occupation, especially as presented in a sensationalized form in a book, newspaper, or movie:
e.g. confessions of a driving instructor.
2. (also confession of faith) a statement setting out essential religious doctrine:
｟かたく｠ (信仰などの)告白
e.g. a Protestant confession of faith.
(also Confession) the religious body or Church sharing a confession of faith:
e.g. leading figures from every Christian confession.
a statement of one's principles:
e.g. his words are a political confession of faith.
DERIVATIVES
confessionary |kənˈfeSHəˌnerē| adjective
ORIGIN
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin confessio(n-), from confiteri ‘acknowledge’ (see confess).