Confession
nounid
27102·updated May 18, 2026verified
(Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
polysemous
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Information Class
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Variants
- plural
- Confessions
- possessive
- Confession's
- pluralpossessive
- Confessions'
Framework definitions
- §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
- §2
- a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
- §3
- the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)
- §4
- a public declaration of your faith
- §5
- an admission of misdeeds or faults
- §1 · legacy_primary
- (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolutionDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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