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Meaning of "confessant" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONFESSANT

confessant  [kənˈfɛsənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONFESSANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Confessant is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONFESSANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of confessant in the English dictionary

The definition of confessant in the dictionary is a person who makes a confession.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONFESSANT


acquiescent
ˌækwiˈɛsənt
adolescent
ˌædəˈlɛsənt
antidepressant
ˌæntɪdɪˈprɛsənt
crescent
ˈkrɛsənt
depressant
dɪˈprɛsənt
effervescent
ˌɛfəˈvɛsənt
fluorescent
ˌflʊəˈrɛsənt
incandescent
ˌɪnkænˈdɛsənt
incessant
ɪnˈsɛsənt
iridescent
ˌɪrɪˈdɛsənt
obsolescent
ˌɒbsəˈlɛsənt
pearlescent
pɜːˈlɛsənt
phosphorescent
ˌfɒsfəˈrɛsənt
prepubescent
ˌpriːpjuːˈbɛsənt
pubescent
pjuːˈbɛsənt
quiescent
kwɪˈɛsənt
rufescent
ruːˈfɛsənt
senescent
sɪˈnɛsənt
suppressant
səˈprɛsənt
tumescent
tjuːˈmɛsənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONFESSANT

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONFESSANT

appetite depressant
croissant
discussant
en passant
immunodepressant
immunosuppressant
impuissant
introgressant
jessant
Maupassant
naissant
Ouessant
passant
peasant
percussant
pissant
pleasant
puissant
sant
unpleasant

Synonyms and antonyms of confessant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «confessant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONFESSANT

Find out the translation of confessant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of confessant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «confessant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

confessant
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

confessant
570 millions of speakers

English

confessant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

confessant
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

confessant
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

confessant
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

confessant
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

confessant
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

confessant
220 millions of speakers

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Pengakuan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

confessant
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

confessant
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

confessant
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Confessant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

confessant
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

confessant
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कबूल करतो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

confessant
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

penitente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

confessant
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

confessant
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

confessant
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

confessant
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

biecht
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bikt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

confessant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of confessant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONFESSANT»

The term «confessant» is normally little used and occupies the 137.494 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONFESSANT» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONFESSANT»

Discover the use of confessant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to confessant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Trials of Slavery: Selected Documents Concerning Slaves from ...
Dat den confessant sig dus alleenig in de combuijs bevindenden en van sints sijnde na de solder te gaan vlugten, dog bij de leer gekoomen sijnde, troff hij den slaaf Julij, die van de solder door behulp van die leer afquam, aan, ende hij Julij  ...
Nigel Worden, Gerald Groenewald, 2005
2
The Psychology of Confession
CHAPTER FOUR RELATIONSHIP OF TRUST BETWEEN CONFESSOR AND CONFESSANT From what we have now observed, the confessant's trust in his confessor — obviously an essential element in any serious confession — may be  ...
Erik Gustav Alexius Berggren, 1975
3
Swimming the Christian Atlantic
41 The slave arrived at the same time as always,42 and this confessant [Beatriz] asking him if he knew the said Juan de León, he responded that he did, giving his proper signs [i.e., describing him correctly] and saying that he had all the ...
Jonathan Schorsch, 2009
4
Colonial Latin America: A Documentary History
The confessant, being already in the wilderness, found that the supporters of the heresy fled because they feared his troop going against them. He encountered a detachment of Indians of this Brazil, some heathens, some Christians, who ...
Kenneth Mills, William B. Taylor, Sandra Lauderdale Graham, 2002
5
Doubling the Point: Essays and Interviews
The answer, it seems to me, is that to the extent that the new, "deeper" truth is acknowledged as true, the response of the confessant must contain an element of shame. For either the con- fessant was aware of the deeper truth but was ...
David Attwell, 1992
6
Thinking Through Faith: New Perspectives from Orthodox ...
Discernment can only be applied if a priest listens. If discernment indicates saying the right words or advising the right course of action to facilitate transformation, then the priest needs to know as much as possible about the confessant's story.
Aristotle Papanikolaou, Elizabeth H. Prodromou, 2008
7
Unknown Transactions: Avoiding Scams Through Understanding
The confessant claimed to be in custody of a certain box of money belonging to his former boss who died in a car accident. The confessant said he was the car driver and the only survivor of the car accident where his boss died. Crying, he said ...
Kelechi Ononuju, 2013
8
A Jewish Renaissance in Fifteenth-century Spain
The confessant paid them their wages. And the confessant intended to transport the said kasher wine to Tunis, in Muslim lands, in order to sell it to Jews. [But] after a feu days the said wine turned bitter and the confessant threw it out and it was ...
Mark D. Meyerson, 2004
9
The Sexual Politics of Time: Confession, Nostalgia, Memory
In religious confession, too, confessing leads to absolution and returns the confessant to the community of the church. Literary confession is made to a reader, positioned as priest-confessor, or more recently, as analyst – and sometimes ...
Susannah Radstone, 2007
10
The Inquisition in New Spain, 1536–1820: A Documentary History
He was asked if he knew Pablo Chan, a resident of the town of Hoctun, and ifit was true that this confessant with a diabolical soul and indignant in the ministry and office of a priest, called the said Indian one day and ordered him to put his virile ...
John F. Chuchiak, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONFESSANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term confessant is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ecologie: que disent les religions du Livre?
... comme l'explique le journal La Croix, et elles ont commencé à reconnaître leur part de responsabilité, confessant « n'avoir pas témoigné de ... «RFI, Jul 15»
2
Doncs ara sí que toca
... i, cosa que va deixar bocabadats els presents, que després de tots els tràmits faria una declaració pública confessant l'existència d'aquests ... «EL PAÍS Catalunya, Jan 15»
3
Charlie Hebdo: le monde souffre de schizophrénie
La diffusion d'un antijudaïsme en milieu confessant musulman est une réalité mise en évidence lors de la dernière foire musulmane de ... «Le Huffington Post, Jan 15»
4
France-Etats-Unis : le débat épineux sur la fin de vie
À chaque fois, il est parvenu à toucher le public et à emporter l'empathie du jury en diffusant les témoignages des patients confessant leur ... «France-Amérique, Jun 14»
5
'Storytelling' in oral history: an exchange
... with just a little bit of interviewing experience did not see the “interviewer” in Foucault's description of the confessor-confessant relationship. «OUPblog, Apr 14»
6
not even gleeson's genius can SAVE CLUTTERED CALVARY
That line comes in a confession box as Father James (Brendan Gleeson) is told by an unseen confessant how he was abused as a child and, ... «Herald.ie, Apr 14»
7
Homeland, saison 3 : Ce qu'il faut retenir du dernier épisode …
... vêtu de sa panoplie complète de militaire, confessant devant le Congrès que l'affaire Iran-Contra (dans laquelle les Etats-Unis ont participé, ... «Le Huffington Post, Dec 13»
8
Bishop Buhain: 'Church higher-ups denied me due process'
... the Church had just suffered two black eyes – first, the forced exile of Yalung to the US after it was revealed he sired a child with a confessant; ... «Rappler, Jun 13»
9
Tribune libre de Jean Dutrueil
... Bien/ Mal, issue de la vérité unique monothéiste (encore dernièrement, le Pape François expliquait que toute personne ne confessant pas le ... «Nouvelles de France, May 13»
10
On peut trouver pire que du cheval dans ses lasagnes
Le curé du coin dut entendre de drôles d'histoires, en confessant les anciens amateurs des tourtes à la viande de la rue des Marmousets… «Francetv info, Mar 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Confessant [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/confessant>. Apr 2024 ».
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