Confession

Noun

 * 1) The open admittance of having done something (especially of something bad).
 * 2)  the disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. Now termed the sacrament of reconciliation.

Adjectives for Confession
tender; precious; eloquent; hopeful; naive; humble; honest; frank; full; complete; difficult; horrifying; shameful; deadly; indiscreet; voluptuous; phlegmatic; unavailing; liberal; honorable; tacit; plenary; revealing; bashful; touching; pitiful; reciprocal; soft; mortifying; abject; sham; constant; ecclesiastical; tearful; cool; belated; unconscious; mysterious; derisive; sincere; youthful; unsworn.

Verbs for Confession
acknowledge—; beat out—; demand—; deny—; dictate—; drag out—; evidence—; force—; pour out—; record—; render—; repudiate—; rescind—; secure—; sign—; urge—; witness—; —absolves; —alleviates; —amends; —humbles; —humiliates.

Thesaurus
contrition, credit line, declaration, declaration of faith, denomination, disciples, excuse, faith, followers, high celebration, incense, invocation, invocation of saints, ism, kiss of peace, lesser litany, litany, love feast, lustration, mea culpa, order, owning, owning up, pax, penitence, persuasion, processional, profession, reciting the rosary, recognition, reference, regrets, rite of confession, school, sect, shrift, signature, telling of beads, the confessional, the confessionary, trademark, tribute, unbosoming, 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, citation, class, communion, concession, confession of faith, confirmation,

Etymology
From confessio:.

Derived terms

 * confessional
 * nonconfession

Related terms

 * confess

Translations

 * Arabic: إقرار, اعتراف
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , , 自供狀, 自供状, 自供
 * Czech:, přiznání
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: konfeso
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German:, Eingeständnis,
 * Hebrew: וידוי
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 白状,, , 自供
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, , medgivande


 * Arabic: إقرار, اعتراف
 * Bulgarian: изповед
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 懺悔, 忏悔, 自供
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: synnintunnustus,
 * French:
 * Old French:


 * German:
 * Hebrew: וידוי
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 懺悔, 告解
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * West Frisian: bycht

Etymology
From confessio:.

Noun

 * 1) confession (admittance of having done something, good, bad or neutral)
 * 2)  (the disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution)
 * 3) creed (a declaration of one's religious faith)

Etymology
confession:

Noun

 * 1) confession

Etymology
From

Noun

 * 1)  (the disclosure of one's sins to a clergyman for absolution)