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confession

/ confession /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
(Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
Type of:
penance
Kinds of:
shrift
Derived:
confess
Domain:
Roman Catholic Western Church Roman Catholic Church
noun Sense 2
a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
Type of:
document written document papers
Derived:
concede profess confess squeal shrive
noun Sense 3
a document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)
Type of:
religious doctrine church doctrine gospel
Kinds of:
Augsburg Confession
noun Sense 4
a public declaration of your faith
Type of:
declaration
noun Sense 5
an admission of misdeeds or faults
Type of:
admission
Kinds of:
self-accusation self-condemnation
Derived:
concede profess confess squeal shrive
Semantic Complexity
96%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
24
Times Searched
2
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penance shrift document written document papers religious doctrine church doctrine gospel Augsburg Confession declaration admission self-accusation