confession | | |
n. (communication) | 1. confession | an admission of misdeeds or faults. |
| ~ admission | an acknowledgment of the truth of something. |
| ~ self-accusation, self-condemnation | an admission that you have failed to do or be something you know you should do or be. |
n. (communication) | 2. confession | a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party. |
| ~ document, papers, written document | writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature). |
n. (act) | 3. confession | (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution. |
| ~ penance | a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution. |
| ~ shrift | the act of being shriven. |
| ~ church of rome, roman catholic church, roman church, western church, roman catholic | the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy. |
n. (communication) | 4. confession | a public declaration of your faith. |
| ~ declaration | a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written). |
n. (communication) | 5. confession | the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century). |
| ~ augsburg confession | the document drawn up in 1555 to defend the catholicity of Lutheran doctrine and to justify innovations in Lutheran practice; is still in effect today. |
| ~ church doctrine, religious doctrine, creed, gospel | the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group. |
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