confession

• Acknowledgment
• an admission of misdeeds or faults
• a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
• (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
• a public declaration of your faith
• the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)
• Acknowledgment of belief
• The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution
• A formulary in which the articles of faith are comprised
• An admission by a party to whom an act is imputed, in relation to such act. A judicial confession settles the issue to which it applies

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