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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..

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..

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..

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

Confessionary :: Confessionary (n.) A confessional.

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..

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..

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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