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   confession

   /kənˈfɛʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a formal statement admitting that one is guilty of a crime: "he signed a confession to both the murders"
   • ▪ an acknowledgement that one has done something about which one is ashamed or embarrassed: "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 personal revelations, especially as presented in a sensationalized form in a book, newspaper, or film: 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 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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   What is confession sacrament?

   • In some church es, notably the Roman Catholic Church, a sacrament in which repentant sinners individually or as a group privately confess their sins in front of a priest and receive absolution from the guilt of their sins.

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   Is a confession a judicial confession?

   • Accessed 9 Sep. 2024. Note: Courts differ on how a confession establishes the accused's guilt; for example, in some jurisdictions the confession has to establish all the necessary elements of the crime. In order to be admissible as evidence, a confession must be voluntary. A guilty plea is considered a judicial confession.

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   What does confession of guilt mean?

   • a formal, usually written, acknowledgment of guilt by a person accused of a crime. Also called confession of faith. a formal profession of belief and acceptance of doctrines, as before being admitted to church membership. the tomb of a martyr or confessor or the altar or shrine connected with it.

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   1. the act of confessing. 2. something confessed. 3. an acknowledgment or declaration, esp of one's faults, misdeeds, or crimes. 4. Christianity, mainly Roman Catholic Church. the act of a penitent accusing himself or herself of his or her sins.

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   Confession is an acknowledgment or disclosure of sin, guilt, or belief. It can also refer to a formal statement by a criminal or a religious act in some churches. Learn more about the word history, derived forms, and example sentences of confession.

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   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.

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    A confession is a signed statement by someone in which they admit that they have committed a particular crime. 2. Confession is the act of admitting that you have done something that you are ashamed of or embarrassed about.