CONFESSION

Confession

For the evangelical Protestant movement, see Confessing Movement. For statements of faith, see Confession of faith. For other uses, see Confess and Confession .

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confession

Noun

  1. The open admittance of having done something (especially of something bad).
    Without the real murderer's confession, an innocent person will go to jail.
  2. the disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. Now termed the sacrament of reconciliation.
    I went to confession and now I feel much better about what I had done.
  3. Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
  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.


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