CONFESSION

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] a document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)
   
   

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Related Words:

• self-accusation, self-condemnation
• shrift
• Augsburg Confession