noun🔗ShareThe open admittance of having done something (especially something bad)."After the cookies disappeared, there were tearful confessions from the children about who ate them. "moralguiltreligioncharactermindhumancommunicationsocietystatementactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA formal document providing such an admission."He forced me to sign a confession!"guiltlawstatementreligionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is now termed the sacrament of reconciliation."I went to confession and now I feel much better about what I had done."religionritualtheologysoulguiltmoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAcknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith."The pastor collected the confessions of faith from the new church members during the welcoming ceremony. "religiontheologydoctrineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith."The new student had to memorize the church's confessions before joining the youth group. "doctrinereligiontheologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
