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Meaning of "confessable" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF CONFESSABLE

kənˈfɛsəb əl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONFESSABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Confessable is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CONFESSABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of confessable in the English dictionary

The definition of confessable in the dictionary is capable of being confessed to God or a priest. Other definition of confessable is able to be admitted to or owned up to.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONFESSABLE

chaseable · classable · collapsible · compressible · danceable · depressible · discussable · discussible · dismissible · displaceable · distensible · docible · effaceable · embossable · embraceable · enforceable · expressible · fixable · focusable · forceable

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONFESSABLE

conferva · confervae · conferval · confervoid · confess · confessant · confessedly · confession · confession of faith · confessional · confessional television · confessionalism · confessionalist · confessionally · confessionary · confessor · confessoress · confessorship · confest · confestly

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONFESSABLE

able · addressable · advisable · closable · collapsable · conversable · disable · disposable · indispensable · inexcusable · licensable · passable · realisable · releasable · reusable · sable · unrecognisable · unsurpassable · unusable · usable · utilisable

Synonyms and antonyms of confessable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «confessable» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF CONFESSABLE

Find out the translation of confessable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of confessable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «confessable» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

confessable
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

confesables
570 millions of speakers
en

English

confessable
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

confessable
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

confessable
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

confessable
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

confessáveis
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

confessable
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

avouables
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Boleh diakui
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

confessable
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

confessable
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

confessable
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Confessable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

confessable
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

confessable
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

कबूल करण्यायोग्य
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

confessable
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

confessabile
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

confessable
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

confessable
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

confessable
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

confessable
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

confessable
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

confessable
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

confessable
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of confessable

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONFESSABLE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about confessable

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONFESSABLE»

Discover the use of confessable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to confessable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sundown Town Duty Station
Amos, you're full of crap, he thought. IfMississippians really hated Jews and Catholics, how could they have such a nice synagogue and church?Amos. Amos, the helo puke. Okay, that's a confessable offense. Jon figured out where he was and ...
J J Zerr, 2013
2
Growing Up in California: Life in the Golden State in the ...
She said thinking about sex before marriage produces a confessable amount of sin. Girls began to look interesting. Sinful unsatisfied curiosity produced a constant confessable amount of guilt. I dutifully, and I must say courageously, confessed ...
Michael B. Barker, 2001
3
What Happens in Death + a Few Related Topics
of it, one cannot confess a sin of which one is not aware; and so, by their very nature, secret sins are never confessable formal mortal sins. That fact, however, does not prove there is no such thing as a secret formal mortal sin. One must realize ...
Edward N. Haas, 2012
4
Saving Shame: Martyrs, Saints, and Other Abject Subjects
“To Rousseau, his own desires are resources as long as they remain unique, hidden—in other words, as long as they are potentially confessable.” Coetzee continues: “A shameful desire is a valuable desire. Conversely, for a desire to have ...
Virginia Burrus, 2011
5
Doubling the Point: Essays and Interviews
Shamefulness and value are thus interchangeable terms. For — in the economy of confession — the only unique appetites, the only appetites that constitute confessable currency, are shameful appetites. A shameful desire is a valuable desire.
David Attwell, 1992
6
Moments of Clarity
There are confessable agonies, sufferings of which one can positively be proud. Of bereavement, of parting, of the sense of sin and the fear of death the poets have eloquently spoken. They command the world's sympathy. But there are also  ...
Thomas L. Jackson, 2002
7
Miss May Sinclair: Novelist: A Biographical and Critical ...
The product of my diligent, even enthusiastic double labor was a volume of un- confessable length— and weight— appalling to any publisher who was concerned with his own survival and unmoved by my passionate mission for a revival.
Theophilus Ernest Martin Boll, 1973
8
Quotes about Desire
There are confessable agonies, sufferings of which one can positively be proud. Of bereavement, of parting, of the sense of sin and the fear of death the poets have eloquently spoken. They command the world's sympathy. But there are also  ...
QuotationsBook.com
9
Quotes by Huxley Aldous
Huxley, Aldous There are confessable agonies, sufferings of which one can positively be proud. Of bereavement, of parting, of the sense of sin and the fear of death the poets have eloquently spoken. They command the world's sympathy.
QuotationsBook.com
10
A Clinical Application of Bion's Concepts: Dreaming, ...
... all the more serious for being internal, continues to be made, but in a higher pitch, against the work of Freud, especially in “The Interpretation of Dreams”. It is misguided in some sources, and based on not easily confessable motives ...
P. C. Sandler, 2009

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONFESSABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term confessable is used in the context of the following news items.
1
My big fail: losers come clean on their all-time low
It is failure filtered the Silicon Valley way – as something nearly admirable, certainly confessable, an improving experience that may be ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
2
Fat like me? The journey continues
Yes gentle readers, today I confess the (un)confessable to you. My fellow citizens, it is true . . . "I too am a spy." Quantum of Solace. «Health24.com, Sep 14»
3
letters: 'We are in crisis. Our kids need help'
Contraceptive use is indeed a “confessable sin,” but it's also not a healthy lifestyle choice. Whether someone is Catholic, atheist or any other ... «National Post, Oct 12»
4
Vatican III? Fifty Years After Pope John XXIII Gathered His Council of …
... reality of contraception (which is not generally considered a confessable infraction anyway), and probably wider eligibility for the priesthood. «New York Sun, Oct 12»
5
The true meaning of Vatican II
... reality of contraception (which is not generally considered a confessable infraction anyway), and probably wider eligibility for the priesthood. «National Post, Oct 12»
REFERENCE
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