rippi — meaning in English
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English meaning
- confession noun A statement admitting that you did something wrong or that something is true.
- reconciliation noun The restoration of friendly relations between people or groups who have been in conflict.
Senses
rippi is used for these senses in English:
- confession A formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.
- reconciliation (Roman Catholicism) Ellipsis of sacrament of reconciliation (“a sacrament (sacred ritual) also called confession, involving contrition by a person, confessing sins to a priest, penance performed by the person, and absolution granted by the priest”).
- shrift Confession to a priest.
confession — full definition
- noun A statement admitting that you did something wrong or that something is true.
- noun The religious practice of telling a priest one's sins in order to receive forgiveness.
reconciliation — full definition
- noun The restoration of friendly relations between people or groups who have been in conflict.
- noun The process of comparing two sets of records or accounts to check that they agree, and identifying and correcting any differences.
- noun The act of making two apparently conflicting ideas, accounts or requirements compatible with each other.