confession
nounHow many syllables in confession?
There are 3 syllables in the word confession.How to pronounce confession:
Definition of confession:
- confession (noun):
- an act of confessing
- an admission of misdeeds or faults.
- an admission of one's faults, sins, or crimes
- a disclosure of one's sins in the sacrament of reconciliation
Synonyms for confession:
acknowledgement
acknowledgment
admission
assertion
avowal
claim
concession
declaration
disclosure
divulgence
exposure
insistence
revelation
self-accusation
self-confession
unbosoming
Antonyms for confession:
closure
concealment
cover
denial
disagreement
disallowance
disavowal
dissent
exclusion
expulsion
hiding
keeping
nonadmission
quiet
refusal
rejection
repudiation
secret
silence
veto
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- Atlanta
- vanity
- Danielle
- avenue
- Neriah
- volleyball
- sensation
- sanity
- reminisce
- coresign
- Alyssa
- triangles
- phagocyte
- favorites
- remembered
- finally
- for a while
- fishes
- Christmas Day
- underline
- computer
- because of
- catheter
- limerick
- calendar
- easier
- easily
- everywhere
- violet
- triangle
- remember
- amazing
- favorite
- frightening
- weariness
- Amazon
- longingly
- lashes
- invader
- iguana
- lifetime
- idealist
- fidgety
- neighborhood
- bologna
- anywhere
- barricade
- velvetlike
- remorseful
- regular
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Syllable Fun Fact
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