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Probator :: Probator (n.) One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it, and accused others, his accomplices, in order to obtain pardon; a state's evidence..

Acknowledgedly :: Acknowledgedly (adv.) Confessedly.

Criminal :: Criminal (n.) One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon..

Render :: Render (v. i.) To give an account; to make explanation or confession.

Prayer :: Prayer (v. i.) The act of addressing supplication to a divinity, especially to the true God; the offering of adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving to the Supreme Being; as, public prayer; secret prayer..

Shriver :: Shriver (n.) One who shrives; a confessor.

Confessed :: Confessed (imp. & p. p.) of Confes.

Shrive :: Shrive (v. i.) To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution..

Curtana :: Curtana (n.) The pointless sword carried before English monarchs at their coronation, and emblematically considered as the sword of mercy; -- also called the sword of Edward the Confessor..

Submission :: Submission (n.) Acknowledgement of a fault; confession of error.

Confessionalism :: Confessionalism (n.) An exaggerated estimate of the importance of giving full assent to any particular formula of the Christian faith.

Confessor :: Confessor (n.) A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution.

Shrive :: Shrive (v. t.) To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively..

Pray :: Pray (v. i.) To make request with earnestness or zeal, as for something desired; to make entreaty or supplication; to offer prayer to a deity or divine being as a religious act; specifically, to address the Supreme Being with adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving..

Shriving :: Shriving (n.) Shrift; confession.

Confessant :: Confessant (n.) One who confesses to a priest.

Confessorship :: Confessorship (n.) The act or state of suffering persecution for religious faith.

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc. Its chief is a cardinal, called the Grand Penitentiary, appointed by the pope..

Extort :: Extort (v. t.) To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt..

Unbosom :: Unbosom (v. t.) To disclose freely; to reveal in confidence, as secrets; to confess; -- often used reflexively; as, to unbosom one's self..

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