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confession

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con·fes·sion  (kn-fshn)
n.
1. The act or process of confessing.
2. Something confessed, especially disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution.
3. A written or oral statement acknowledging guilt, made by one who has been accused or charged with an offense.
4. An avowal of belief in the doctrines of a particular faith; a creed.
5. A church or group of worshipers adhering to a specific creed.

confession
Noun
1. something confessed
2. an admission of one's faults, sins, or crimes
3. confession of faith a formal public statement of religious beliefs

Confession a religious group; a body or church united by a particular confession of faith. See also communion, congregation.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.confessionconfession - an admission of misdeeds or faults  
admission - an acknowledgment of the truth of something
self-accusation, self-condemnation - an admission that you have failed to do or be something you know you should do or be
2.confession - a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
document, papers, written document - writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
3.confession - (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
penance - a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
shrift - the act of being shriven
Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
4.confession - a public declaration of your faith
declaration - a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
5.confession - the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)
church doctrine, religious doctrine, creed, gospel - the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group

confession
Translations
confession [kənˈfɛʃən] nconfesión f
confession [kənˈfɛʃən] confess nconfession f
confession [kənˈfɛʃən] confess nGeständnis nt;
(Rel) → Beichte f;
to make a confession confess → ein Geständnis ablegen
confession [kənˈfɛʃən] nconfessione f


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A little less than a hundred years ago, and a little more than six hundred years after the death, the confession of Pervaise was discovered in the secret archives of the Vatican.
This side of his story has never been told before, and from his confession and from the great mass of evidence and the documents and records of the time we are able to construct a fairly accurate portrait of him, and to discern the factors and pressures that moulded him into the human monster he became and that drove him onward and downward along the fearful path he trod.
Nothing but the saddest of all confessions that a man can make--the confession of his own folly.
 
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