confession
31confession — con|fes|sion [ kən feʃn ] noun * 1. ) count or uncount a spoken or written statement in which you admit that you have committed a crime: Higgs later made a full confession to the police. 2. ) count or uncount a statement about yourself that you… …
32confession — noun 1 (C) a formal statement that you have done something wrong or illegal: The police officer wrote down every word of Smith s confession. (+ of): a confession of failure | make a confession: At 3 a.m. Higgins broke down and made a full… …
33Confession — It is the offspring of faith pronounced by a martyr or a confessor (1 Tim. 6:13; 2 Cor. 9:13), and so in general its a declaration of religious belief. In this sense, many ancient creeds, viz. the Coptic baptismal creed, start by the words, I or… …
34confession — Synonyms and related words: abject apology, acceptance, acknowledgment, adherents, admission, agape, allowance, apology, appreciation, asperges, aspersion, auricular confession, avowal, bar mitzvah, bas mitzvah, breast beating, by line,… …
35confession — The word is used in two senses of an expression of faith, as Peter s confession at Caesarea Philippi (Mark 8:29 etc.), and of the recognition of sins, as when people came to be baptized by John (Matt. 3:6). A primitive confession of faith was… …
36confession — A voluntary admission, declaration or acknowledgment by one who has committed a felony or a misdemeanor that he committed the crime or offense or participated in its commission; a voluntary admission or declaration of one s agency or… …
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38confession — noun /kənˈfɛʃən/ a) The open admittance of having done something (especially of something bad). Without the real murderers confession, an innocent person will go to jail. b) the disclosure of ones sins to a priest for absolution. Now termed the… …
39confession — noun 1》 a formal statement admitting to a crime. ↘a reluctant acknowledgement. 2》 a formal admission of one s sins privately to a priest. 3》 (also confession of faith) a statement setting out essential religious doctrine. ↘the religious… …
40Confession — The public or private acknowledgment of sinfulness regarded as necessary to obtain divine forgiveness. the rite of confession of sins to a priest in order to obtain absolution; obtaining absolution through confession and penance was considered a… …
