CONFESSION
Scrabble letter values: C3O1N1F4E1S1S1I1O1N1 = 15
Definition
- noun an admission of misdeeds or faults.
- noun a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party.
- 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.
- noun a public declaration of your faith.
- noun the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century).
Examples
- “Without the real murderer's confession, an innocent person will go to jail.”
- “He forced me to sign a confession!”
- “I went to confession and now I feel much better about what I had done.”