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Definition of Confession
1. Noun. An admission of misdeeds or faults.
Generic synonyms: Admission
Specialized synonyms: Self-accusation, Self-condemnation
Derivative terms: Confess, Confess
Specialized synonyms: Self-accusation, Self-condemnation
Derivative terms: Confess, Confess
2. Noun. A written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party.
3. Noun. (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution.
Generic synonyms: Penance
Specialized synonyms: Shrift
Category relationships: Church Of Rome, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church
Derivative terms: Confess
Specialized synonyms: Shrift
Category relationships: Church Of Rome, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church
Derivative terms: Confess
4. Noun. A public declaration of your faith.
Generic synonyms: Declaration
5. Noun. The document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century).
Specialized synonyms: Augsburg Confession
Generic synonyms: Church Doctrine, Creed, Gospel, Religious Doctrine
Generic synonyms: Church Doctrine, Creed, Gospel, Religious Doctrine
Definition of Confession
1. n. Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime.
Definition of Confession
1. Noun. The open admittance of having done something (especially of something bad). ¹
2. Noun. (Roman Catholicism) the disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. Now termed the sacrament of reconciliation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Confession
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