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признание

confession

Meaning of признание

an admission that you have done something wrong

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Russian[prʲɪzˈnanʲɪje]
confession
признание - confession
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признание with English translation

признание usage examples

🇬🇧English🇷🇺Russian

Her confession explained why she had lied.

Её признание объяснило, почему она солгала.

🇬🇧English🇷🇺Russian

After a long pause, he gave a confession to the police.

После долгой паузы он дал признание полиции.

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признание synonyms

Related word breakdowns

What's the difference between признание / исповедь / повинная / признательность / признание вины

П
🇷🇺Russian
признание

The most general word for admitting something; in a guilt context, it matches “confession”.

B2Very Often
И
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исповедь

Usually a religious confession of sins, not just an admission of guilt to people or the law.

B2Often
П
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повинная

An old-fashioned or bookish word: a voluntary admission of guilt with an оттенок of repentance.

B2Rarely
П
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признательность

This means gratitude, not admission of guilt; it does not fit the meaning of “confession”.

B2Very Often
П
🇷🇺Russian
признание вины

The most exact legal variant: a direct admission of one’s guilt or crime.

B2Often
П
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признательное заявление

An official-sounding term for a written or oral statement admitting guilt; bureaucratic in tone.

B2Rarely

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How to pronounce признание and what this word means

признание means confession. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.

how to pronounce признание

[prʲɪzˈnanʲɪje]

признание translation

confession

признание examples

Sein Geständnis überraschte alle.

признание transcription

[prʲɪzˈnanʲɪje]

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признание meaning: what does it mean?

признание в том, что сделал что-то плохое

признание pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?

признание is pronounced as [prʲɪzˈnanʲɪje]. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

признание definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?

Sein Geständnis überraschte alle. Translation: Его признание удивило всех.

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