CONFESSION

/kənˈfɛʃən/ ► audio Scrabble 15 Words With Friends 18

Definition

  1. noun an admission of misdeeds or faults.
  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.
  4. noun a public declaration of your faith.
  5. 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.”

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