Associations to the word «Confession»
Noun
- Augsburg
- Catechism
- Penance
- Sacrament
- Repentance
- Lutheran
- Interrogation
- Apostles
- Eucharist
- Creed
- Torture
- Communion
- Confessor
- Westminster
- Rousseau
- Baptism
- Guilt
- Forgiveness
- Sinner
- Opium
- Synod
- Faith
- Augustine
- Sin
- Defendant
- Evangelical
- Usher
- Eater
- Heidelberg
- Atonement
- Coercion
- Suspect
- Concord
- Mennonite
- Witchcraft
- Protestantism
- Presbyterian
- Addict
- Fasting
- Hogg
- Indulgence
- Reformation
- Luther
- Autobiography
- Madonna
- Apology
- Protestant
- Heresy
- Preaching
- Testimony
- Extract
- Lent
- Reconciliation
- Scripture
- Restitution
- Conviction
- Baptist
- Orthodoxy
- Liturgy
- Crowley
- Detainee
- Accomplice
- Miranda
- Eyewitness
- Priest
- Inquisition
- Heretic
- Conscience
- Ordination
- Prosecutor
- Accused
Adjective
Wiktionary
CONFESSION, noun. The open admittance of having done something (especially of something bad).
CONFESSION, noun. A formal document providing such an admission.
CONFESSION, noun. (Roman Catholicism) The disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. Now termed the sacrament of reconciliation.
CONFESSION, noun. Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
CONFESSION, noun. A 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.
Dictionary definition
CONFESSION, noun. An admission of misdeeds or faults.
CONFESSION, noun. A written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party.
CONFESSION, noun. (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution.
CONFESSION, noun. A public declaration of your faith.
CONFESSION, noun. The document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century).
Wise words
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