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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..

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

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

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

Ingenuous :: Ingenuous (a.) Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; frank; as, an ingenuous man; an ingenuous declaration, confession, etc..

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

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

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..

Auricular :: Auricular (a.) Told in the ear, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest..

Confessional :: Confessional (n.) The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others..

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

Confession :: Confession (n.) An admission by a party to whom an act is imputed, in relation to such act. A judicial confession settles the issue to which it applies; an extrajudical confession may be explained or rebutted..

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

Confessionary :: Confessionary (n.) A confessional.

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

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

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

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

Confiteor :: Confiteor (n.) A form of prayer in which public confession of sins is made.

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

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