10 Letters
6 Consonants
4 Vowels
3 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use confession as a noun in a sentence.
About Confession
A 3 syllables noun and 10 letters with the letters c, e, f, i, n, o, and s, 6 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters es. Confession starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters c, co, con, conf, confe, and the ending characters are n, on, ion, sion, ssion, . Confession is also a double consonant (ss) word. View the double consonant words list.
Definition
(Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
Origin/Roots
Old French
Compound Words
A compound word, confession has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are confess, and ion.
Pig Latin
Confession in Pig Latin is said as "onfessioncay or onfessioncway".
Unigram
c | o | n | f | e | s | s | i | o | n
Bigram
co | on | nf | fe | es | ss | si | io | on
Trigram
con | onf | nfe | fes | ess | ssi | sio | ion
Quadrigram
conf | onfe | nfes | fess | essi | ssio | sion
Word Gram
Noun Examples
(Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
a document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)
a public declaration of your faith
an admission of misdeeds or faults

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Confession"

There are 112 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to confession.

SynonymDefinition
Abject Apology
Acceptancethe act of taking something that is offered
"her acceptance of the gift encouraged him"
"he anticipated their acceptance of his offer"
Acknowledgementa statement acknowledging something or someone
"she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"
"the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her"
Acknowledgmenta statement acknowledging something or someone
"she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"
"the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her"
Adherents
Admissionthe act of admitting someone to enter
"the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic"
Admittancethe act of admitting someone to enter
"the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic"
Affirmationa judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand
Agapea religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship
Allowancethe act of allowing
"He objected to the allowance of smoking in the diningroom"

View all cognitive synonyms for Confession

Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from confession.

Anagram Definition
Confession(Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution

View English words with the unique letters used in confession. Words With The Letters Cefinos

Derives

Confession derives from 1 words.

Word Definition
Confessadmit, make a clean breast of
"She confessed that she had taken the money"

Hypernyms

Confession has 1 hypernyms.

Word Definition
Penancea Catholic sacrament
repentance and confession and satisfaction and absolution

Hyponyms

There are 1 hyponyms for confession

Word Definition
Shriftthe act of being shriven





     

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