French Conversation · Level 43
75 words
French word
confession
Pronunciation
IPA/kɔ̃fesjɔ̃/
Meaning
- feminine nounconfession
Example
Il a fait sa confession d'amour à Marie.
He confessed his love to Marie.
More examples
La police a obtenu sa confession.
The police obtained his confession.
Core concept
A hidden feeling or fault crossing from someone's inner life into an explicit admission.
Common phrases
faire une confession
make a confession
une confession d'amour
a declaration of love
une confession publique
a public confession
Similar words
aveu: A spoken admission of guilt or wrongdoing to another person.
déclaration: A clear verbal expression of feelings or intentions.
Definition in French
Action de révéler à une personne un sentiment, une faute ou un aveu.
Word origin
The French noun confession derives from Latin confessio and is related to confiteri, which combines con- with a verb meaning to acknowledge or speak out.
Usage tips
- Confession commonly takes de for its content, as in une confession d'amour or l'aveu d'une faute, while à can mark the person addressed.
Other meanings
- admissionnoun
Opposites
- mensongelienoun
- dénégationdenialnoun
Related words
- confesserconfessverb
- confessionnelconfessionaladjective