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confession

noun

1 confession

An admission of misdeeds or faults.

Roget 529: disclosure; retection; unveiling etc. v.; deterration, revealment, revelation; exposition, exposure; expose; whole truth; telltale etc. ... show more

Roget 950: penitence, contrition, compunction, repentance, remorse; regret etc. 833.    self-reproach, self-reproof, self-accusation, self-condemnation, self-humiliation; stings of conscience, ... show more

Polish: spowiedź, wynurzenie, wyznanie, zwierzenie

2 confession

A written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party.

Dutch: aveu, bekentenis, schuldbekentenis, schuldbelijdenis

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.

Dutch: belijdenis, biecht, geloofsbelijdenis, peccavi, professie, schuldbelijdenis
Polish: spowiedź, konfesjonał

4 confession

A public declaration of your faith.

5 confession

The document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century).


Moby thesaurus: abject apology, acceptance, acknowledgment, adherents, admission, agape, allowance, apology, appreciation, asperges, aspersion, auricular confession, avowal, bar mitzvah, bas mitzvah, breast-beating, by-line, celebration, church, circumcision ... show more.

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confessions

noun

Roget 594: description, account, statement, report; expose etc. (disclosure) 529; specification, particulars; state of facts, summary of facts; brief ... show more

Moby thesaurus: Clio, Muse of history, adventures, annals, autobiography, biographical sketch, biography, case history, chronicle, chronicles, chronology, curriculum vitae, diary, experiences, fortunes, hagiography, hagiology, historiography, history, journal ... show more.

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