ˌeksəˌmäləˈjēsə̇s noun
( plural exomologe·ses -ēˌsēz)
Etymology: Late Latin, from Late Greek exomologēsis, from Greek, confession, from exomologeisthai to confess (from ex out of, out + homologeisthai, present middle infin. of homologein to agree, grant, confess, from homologos assenting, agreeing) + -sis — more at ex- , homologous
: a penitential rite with public confession of sins that was practiced in the early Christian church