CONFESSION


Meaning of CONFESSION in English

■ noun

1》 a formal statement admitting to a crime.

↘a reluctant acknowledgement.

2》 a formal admission of one's sins privately to a priest.

3》 (also ~ of faith ) a statement setting out essential religious doctrine.

↘the religious body or Church sharing a ~ of faith.

Derivatives

~ary adjective

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