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   Con·fes·sion

   /kənˈfeSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. a formal statement admitting that one is guilty of a crime: "he signed a confession to the murders"
   • ▪ an admission or acknowledgment that one has done something that one is ashamed or embarrassed about: "by his own confession, he had strayed perilously close to alcoholism"
   • ▪ a formal admission of one's sins with repentance and desire of absolution, especially privately to a priest as a religious duty: "she still had not been to confession"
   • ▪ intimate revelations about a person's private life or occupation, especially as presented in a sensationalized form in a book, newspaper, or movie: humorous "confessions of a driving instructor"
   • 2. a statement setting out essential religious doctrine: "a Protestant confession of faith"
   • ▪ the religious body or Church sharing a confession of faith: "leading figures from every Christian confession"
   • ▪ a statement of one's principles: "his words are a political confession of faith"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin confessio(n-), from confiteri ‘acknowledge’ (see confess).

   Derivatives

   • 1. confessionary adjective

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   What does confession mean?

   • Confession is the activity of telling God or a priest what you have done wrong so God will forgive you. After that, both accusations and confessions proliferated at a rapid rate. Table 3 lists the fifty individuals whose confessions have been recorded. Revivalists' public confessions of sin looked like cleansing ceremonies.

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   What is a full confession?

   • [countable, uncountable] a statement that a person makes, admitting that they are guilty of a crime; the act of making such a statement After hours of questioning by police, she made a full confession. His confession was extracted under torture. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?

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   What is a confession of incompetence?

   • a confession of incompetence. acknowledgment or disclosure of sin or sinfulness, especially to a priest to obtain absolution. something that is confessed. a formal, usually written, acknowledgment of guilt by a person accused of a crime.

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   What does it mean if a detective says a confession?

   • A confession is an admission of guilt, fault, or a mistake. You’ve probably seen TV shows or movies where a detective says to a suspect "Confess!" The detective is trying to get a confession, which is a statement that admits some type of guilt. "I killed the mayor!" is a confession. "I forgot your birthday" is a confession.

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   Confession is the act of admitting that you have done something wrong or illegal, or an occasion when a Christian tells God or a priest what they have done wrong. Learn more about the meaning, synonyms, collocations and translations of confession with Cambridge Dictionary.

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   noun. acknowledgment; avowal; admission: a confession of incompetence. acknowledgment or disclosure of sin or sinfulness, especially to a priest to obtain absolution. something that is confessed. a formal, usually written, acknowledgment of guilt by a person accused of a crime.

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   Confession is an act or process of admitting or disclosing something, especially a fault, sin, or belief. It can also refer to a religious group or denomination that shares a common creed or doctrine. See different sources and translations of the word confession.

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    confession. noun. /kənˈfɛʃn/. [countable, uncountable] a statement that a person makes, admitting that they are guilty of a crime; the act of making such a statement After hours of questioning by police, she made a full confession. His confession was extracted under torture.