confession
11confession — [kən fesh′ən] n. 1. the act of confessing; acknowledgment; specif., a) an admission of guilt, esp. formally in writing, as by a person charged with a crime b) the confessing of sins to a priest in the sacrament of penance c) a general… …
12Confession — • Architectural term, originally used to designate the burial place of a confessor or martyr, gradually came to have a variety of applications: the altar erected over the grave; the underground cubiculum which contained the tomb; the high altar… …
13confession — ► NOUN 1) an act of confessing, especially a formal statement admitting to a crime. 2) a formal admission of one s sins privately to a priest. 3) (also confession of faith) a statement setting out essential religious doctrine …
14Confession — Confession, lat. confessio, auch professio, Geständniß, Bekenntniß, insbesondere das religiöse Glaubensbekenntniß; ferner im Gegensatze zur kathol. Kirche Glaubenspartei, z.B. helvetische C.; symbolisches Buch, woran sich eine solche hält, z.B.… …
15confession — [n] admittance of information acknowledgment, admission, affirmation, allowance, assenting, assertion, avowal, concession, declaration, disclosing, disclosure, divulgence, enumeration, exposé, exposure, making public, narration, owning up,… …
16Confession — For other uses, see Confession (disambiguation). Confess redirects here. For other uses, see Confess (disambiguation). Confessing redirects here. For the evangelical protestant movement, see Confessing Movement. This article is for the religious… …
17CONFESSION — s. f. Aveu, déclaration que l on fait de quelque chose. Confession sincère, franche, ingénue. Confession forcée, extorquée. Vous demeurez d accord par votre propre confession que... Désirez vous une plus ample, plus entière, plus franche, plus… …
18confession — (kon fè sion ; en poésie, de quatre syllabes) s. f. 1° Déclaration que l on fait de ses péchés au prêtre catholique. • Il disait qu il ne mourrait jamais sans confession, SÉV. 398. • Nous ménageons de lui faire faire une bonne confession,… …
19confession — /keuhn fesh euhn/, n. 1. acknowledgment; avowal; admission: a confession of incompetence. 2. acknowledgment or disclosure of sin or sinfulness, esp. to a priest to obtain absolution. 3. something that is confessed. 4. a formal, usually written,… …
20Confession — Cet article concerne la pratique de la confession dans la foi chrétienne. Pour les autres sens du mot confession, consulter Confession (homonymie) La Confession de Pietro Longhi, vers 1750 …
