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confessable

[kuɱ.fəˈsab.blə] adj

That can be confessed.

Word Origin Confessable comes from Latin fateri 'to acknowledge, confess' — to confess is to speak out (con- 'together' + fateri). Add -able and it means 'able to be confessed.' The root fateri also gives us fate (what is spoken by the gods), fatal, and fabulous (from fabula 'story, something spoken').

adj That can be confessed.

The crime was so heinous that it hardly seemed confessable.

(形容词) 可坦白的；可承认的

这罪行如此骇人，几乎让人难以启齿。

(adjetivo) Que puede ser confesado.

El crimen era tan atroz que apenas parecía confesable.

(adjectif) avouable; confessable; déclarable [Que l'on peut confesser ou avouer.]

Le crime était si odieux qu'il semblait à peine confessable.

(Adjektiv) geständnisfähig [Etwas, das gestanden oder zugegeben werden kann.]

Das Verbrechen war so abscheulich, dass es kaum **confessable** schien.

(形容詞) 告白できる。自白できる。

その犯罪はあまりにも凶悪で、告白できるとは到底思えなかった。

(adjetivo) confessável; admitível [Que pode ser confessado.]

O crime foi tão hediondo que mal parecia confessável.

Synonyms: acknowledgeable admissible avowable disclosable Antonyms: unconfessable inadmissible unavowable
Word parts: con + fess + able

Related words

confession confessor confessional fatal fatality fateful fabulous

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