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

Licentiate :: Licentiate (n.) A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy..

Honest :: Honest (a.) Characterized by integrity or fairness and straight/forwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession..

Creed :: Creed (v. t.) A definite summary of what is believed; esp., a summary of the articles of Christian faith; a confession of faith for public use; esp., one which is brief and comprehensive..

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

Confession :: Confession (n.) The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution.

Formula :: Formula (n.) A written confession of faith; a formal statement of foctrines.

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..

Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To hear or receive such confession; -- said of a priest.

Confessionist :: Confessionist (n.) One professing a certain faith.

Earshrift :: Earshrift (n.) A nickname for auricular confession; shrift.

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..

Boot :: Boot (n.) An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland..

Shrift :: Shrift (n.) Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it..

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

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

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

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

Confessedly :: Confessedly (adv.) By confession; without denial.

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

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