confession

confession
[[t]kənfe̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]]
confessions
1) N-COUNT A confession is a signed statement by someone in which they admit that they have committed a particular crime.

They forced him to sign a confession.

2) N-VAR Confession is the act of admitting that you have done something that you are ashamed of or embarrassed about.

The diaries are a mixture of confession and observation...

I have a confession to make.

3) N-VAR: usu N of n If you make a confession of your beliefs or feelings, you publicly tell people that this is what you believe or feel.

...Tatyana's confession of love.

Syn:
4) N-VAR In the Catholic church and in some other churches, if you go to confession, you privately tell a priest about your sins and ask for forgiveness.

He never went to Father Porter for confession again.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • Confession — (v. lat. Confessio), 1) (Rechtsw.), Geständniß, s.d.; 2) das Bekenntniß eines Schuldners gegen den Gläubiger vor Gericht od. vor Zeugen, die genannte Summe diesem wirklich schuldig zu sein; 3) Geständniß des sündhaften Zustandes od. einer… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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  • confession — late 14c., action of confessing, originally in religion, from O.Fr. confession (10c.), from L. confessionem (nom. confessio) confession, acknowledgement, noun of action from pp. stem of confiteri (see CONFESS (Cf. confess)). In law, from 1570s.… …   Etymology dictionary

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