confession
IPA: kʌnfˈɛʃʌn
noun
- The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
- A formal document providing such an admission.
- (Christianity) The disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is now also termed the sacrament of reconciliation.
- Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
- A formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.
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