Definition of confession

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

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Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done.
Confessionist :: Confessionist (n.) One professing a certain faith.
Submission :: Submission (n.) Acknowledgement of a fault; confession of error.
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..
Peccavi :: Peccavi () I have sinned; -- used colloquially to express confession or acknowledgment of an offense.
Confiteor :: Confiteor (n.) A form of prayer in which public confession of sins is made.
Confesser :: Confesser (n.) One who makes a confession.
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..
Formula :: Formula (n.) A written confession of faith; a formal statement of foctrines.
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..
Shrive :: Shrive (v. i.) To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution..
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..
Confess :: Confess (v. i.) To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience..
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..
Auricular :: Auricular (a.) Told in the ear, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest..
Acknowledgment :: Acknowledgment (n.) The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.
Confession :: Confession (n.) Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
Confession :: Confession (n.) Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime..
Boot :: Boot (n.) An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland..
Approvement :: Approvement (n.) a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States..
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