'Confession' definitions:

Definition of 'confession'

From: WordNet
noun
An admission of misdeeds or faults
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A written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
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(Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
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A public declaration of your faith
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The document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)

Definition of 'Confession'

From: GCIDE
  • Confession \Con*fes"sion\, n. [F. confession, L. confessio.]
  • 1. Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime. [1913 Webster]
  • With a crafty madness keeps aloof, When we would bring him on to some confession Of his true state. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith. [1913 Webster]
  • With the mouth confession is made unto salvation. --Rom. x. 10. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Eccl.) The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution. [1913 Webster]
  • Auricular confession . . . or the private and special confession of sins to a priest for the purpose of obtaining his absolution. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A formulary 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Law) 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. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]
  • Confession and avoidance (Law), a mode of pleading in which the party confesses the facts as stated by his adversary, but alleges some new matter by way of avoiding the legal effect claimed for them. --Mozley & W. [1913 Webster]
  • Confession of faith, a formulary containing the articles of faith; a creed.
  • General confession, the confession of sins made by a number of persons in common, as in public prayer.
  • Westminster Confession. See Westminster Assembly, under Assembly. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Confession'

From: Easton
  • Confession (1) An open profession of faith (Luke 12:8).
  • An acknowledment of sins to God (Lev. 16:21; Ezra 9:5-15; Dan. 9:3-12), and to a neighbour whom we have wronged (James 5:16; Matt. 18:15).

Synonyms of 'confession'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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