CONFESSION
\kənfˈɛʃən], \kənfˈɛʃən], \k_ə_n_f_ˈɛ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of CONFESSION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
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a document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)
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a public declaration of your faith
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime.
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Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
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The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution.
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A formulary 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.
By Oddity Software
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Act of acknowledging or admitting; the act of making known one's sins to a priest; anything acknowledged.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Acknowledgment of a crime or fault: avowal: a statement of ones religious belief: acknowledgment of sin to a priest.
By Daniel Lyons
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Act of confessing; acknowledgment; avowal.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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