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
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable
fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those
symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated
by the inaudible language of the heart.