Definition of confession

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

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Admission :: Admission (n.) Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry..
Torture :: Torture (n.) Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel..
Confessional :: Confessional (a.) Pertaining to a confession of faith.
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..
Peccavi :: Peccavi () I have sinned; -- used colloquially to express confession or acknowledgment of an offense.
Confess :: Confess (v. i.) To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience..
Acknowledgment :: Acknowledgment (n.) The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.
Confessedly :: Confessedly (adv.) By confession; without denial.
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..
Confessionary :: Confessionary (a.) Pertaining to auricular confession; as, a confessionary litany..
Shrift :: Shrift (n.) Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it..
Shrive :: Shrive (v. t.) To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the agent.
Ingenuous :: Ingenuous (a.) Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; frank; as, an ingenuous man; an ingenuous declaration, confession, etc..
Jubilee :: "Jubilee (n.) A church solemnity or ceremony celebrated at Rome, at stated intervals, originally of one hundred years, but latterly of twenty-five; a plenary and extraordinary indulgence grated by the sovereign pontiff to the universal church. One invariable condition of granting this indulgence is the confession of sins and receiving of the eucharist..
Shriving :: Shriving (n.) Shrift; confession.
Criminal :: Criminal (n.) One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon..
Confessor :: Confessor (n.) A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution.
Confessionalist :: Confessionalist (n.) A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession..
Rack :: Rack (a.) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons..
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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