Confession

Quick meaning: Confession is a noun meaning The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).

Meaning

The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).

More Meanings

1. A formal document providing such an admission.
2. Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
3. (Christianity) The disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is now also termed the sacrament of reconciliation.
4. 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.
5. (chiefly Japanese media) The act of professing one's love.

Example Sentences

He forced me to sign a confession!

I went to confession and now I feel much better about what I had done.

Without the real murderer's confession, an innocent person could be jailed.

Hauing diſpleaſ'd my Father, to Lawrence Cell, / To make confeſſion, and to be abſolu'd.

Word Forms

• confessions
• confessione

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include confess, confessional, plea, acknowledge, acknowledgment, admission.

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