confession
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition an admission of misdeeds or faults
- definition a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
- definition (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing their sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
- definition a public declaration of your faith
- definition the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)