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confession

/kənˈfɛʃən/noun3 syllables

Confession means: an admission of misdeeds or faults.

What does confession mean?5

noun

1

an admission of misdeeds or faults

2

a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party

3

(Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing their sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution

4

a public declaration of your faith

5

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with confession?21

two syllables

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Confession in a sentence

  • Having heard his love confession, the girl blushed.Eldad
  • The freedom of faith, of conscience and of religious and ideological confession are inviolable.GuidoW
  • How long has it been since your last confession?CM
  • The agent was able to squeeze a confession out of the terrorist.arnxy20
  • Why did you sign that confession if it wasn't true?CK
  • Yanni signed a confession for second-degree murder.Amastan
  • The government tortured the civilian to get a confession.megamanenm
  • The law does not accept confession under torture.XenoKat

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Forms of confession

as a noun

plural
confessions