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Penitential :: Penitential (n.) A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also penitential book..

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

Confessionalist :: Confessionalist (n.) A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession..

Confessionary :: Confessionary (a.) Pertaining to auricular confession; as, a confessionary litany..

Confitent :: Confitent (n.) One who confesses his sins and faults.

Penitent :: Penitent (n.) One under the direction of a confessor.

Confession :: Confession (n.) Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.

Confess :: Confess (v. i.) To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience..

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

Penitencer :: Penitencer (n.) A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases.

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

Denial :: Denial (n.) A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God..

Squeak :: Squeak (v. i.) To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess.

Peccavi :: Peccavi () I have sinned; -- used colloquially to express confession or acknowledgment of an offense.

Confesser :: Confesser (n.) One who makes a confession.

Admit :: Admit (v. t.) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess; as, the argument or fact is admitted; he admitted his guilt..

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

Own :: Own (v. t.) To grant; to acknowledge; to admit to be true; to confess; to recognize in a particular character; as, we own that we have forfeited your love..

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..

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..

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