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Definitions for Confessions
[1] acknowledgment; avowal; admission: a confession of incompetence.
[2] acknowledgment or disclosure of sin or sinfulness, especially to a priest to obtain absolution.
[3] something that is confessed.
[4] a formal, usually written, acknowledgment of guilt by a person accused of a crime.
[5] Also called confession of faith. a formal profession of belief and acceptance of doctrines, as before being admitted to church membership.
[6] the tomb of a martyr or confessor or the altar or shrine connected with it.
[7] the act of confessing
[8] something confessed
[9] an acknowledgment or declaration, esp of one's faults, misdeeds, or crimes
[10] Christianity , mainly RC Church the act of a penitent accusing himself or herself of his or her sins
[11] confession of faith a formal public avowal of religious beliefs
[12] a religious denomination or sect united by a common system of beliefs
Words related to Confessions
confessiondisclosure, story, acknowledgment, revelation, admission, assertion, statement, proclamation, concession, squawk, publication, squeal, song, declaration, profession, enumeration, recitation, affirmation, relation, avowal
Words nearby Confessions
confessionconferree, conferva, confess, confessant, confessedly, confession, confession of faith, confessional, confessional television, confessionalism, confessionalist
Origin of Confessions
1350–1400; < Latin confessiōn- (stem of confessiō ), equivalent to confess- (see confess) + -iōn- -ion; replacing Middle English confessioun < Anglo-French
Other words from Confessions
pre·con·fes·sion , noun
Synonyms for Confessions
acknowledgment, admission, assertion, concession, disclosure, proclamation, revelation, statement, story, affirmation, allowance, assenting, avowal, declaration, divulgence, enumeration, exposure, narration, profession, publication, recitation, relation, revealing, song, squawk, squeal, telling, utterance, disclosing, exposé, making public, owning up, unbosoming