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/kənˈfeSHən/,
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confessions, plural;
  1. A formal statement admitting that one is guilty of a crime
    • - he signed a confession to the murders
  2. An admission or acknowledgment that one has done something that one is ashamed or embarrassed about
    • - by his own confession, he had strayed perilously close to alcoholism
  3. A formal admission of one's sins with repentance and desire of absolution, esp. privately to a priest as a religious duty
    • - she still had not been to confession
  4. Intimate revelations about a person's private life or occupation, esp. as presented in a sensationalized form in a book, newspaper, or movie
    • - confessions of a driving instructor
  5. A statement setting out essential religious doctrine

  6. The religious body or church sharing a confession of faith

  7. A statement of one's principles
    • - his words are a political confession of faith
  1. (confession) an admission of misdeeds or faults
  2. (confession) a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
  3. (confession) (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
  4. (confession) a public declaration of your faith
  5. (confession) the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)
  6. Confessions is an album by Dweezil Zappa, released in 1991.
  7. Confessions is an autobiographical book by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In modern times, it is often published with the title The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in order to distinguish it from St. ...
  8. Confessions is the sixth album, from the Christian rock band Pillar. The album was released on September 22, 2009, by Essential Records.
  9. Confessions is a popular and occasionally controversial feature first appearing on the BBC Radio 1 weekday breakfast show in the early 1990s, devised by its host, Simon Mayo.
  10. Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. is the first demo album by American heavy metal band Slipknot. Released originally on October 31, 1996, it was limited to production of 1,000 copies. ...
  11. Confessions is the fourth studio album by American R&B singer-songwriter Usher, released March 23, 2004 on Arista-imprint label LaFace Records. Recording sessions for the album took place during 2003 to 2004 with production by Jermaine Dupri, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and Lil Jon. ...
  12. (confession) The open admittance of having done something (especially of something bad); the disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. Now termed the sacrament of reconciliation
  13. (Confession) (Gr. Exomologisis). The act of confessing or acknowledgment of sins by an individual before God in the presence of a priest, who serves as a spiritual guide and confessor (pneumatikos) authorized to ask for forgiveness and to administer a penance.
  14. (confession) Although the term refers primarily to the admission of sin, it acquired a rather different technical sense in the sixteenth century - that of a document which embodies the principles of faith of a Protestant church. ...
  15. (CONFESSION) A statement by person, either oral or written, admitting that he or she committed a certain offense.
  16. (confession) When someone admits, out loud or in writing, that they committed a certain crime. (Compare with admission.)
  17. (Confession) A statement by a person accused of a crime admitting his guilt.
  18. (Confession) The act of disclosing one's sins.  In Catholicism, it is telling sins to a priest and the Lord forgives the person through the priest.  Biblically, confession of sins is done to the one offended without the mediatorship of a priest.
  19. (The Confession) A confession and repentance to God for wrongdoing and a request for forgiveness.
  20. (CONFESSION) (1) The avowal or verbal witness of faith in Christ, leading to salvation (Rom. 10:9). (2) The sacrament of the forgiveness of sins, whereby the repentant sinner confesses his sins to Christ in the presence of the priest, who pronounces God's absolution of those sins (see article, " ...
  21. (CONFESSION) Opening up, relieving a burden, forgiving yourself / A need to verbalize, express and share the deepest parts of yourself with others
  22. (CONFESSION) crim. law, evidence. The voluntary declaration made by a person who has committed a crime or misdemeanor, to another, of the agency or participation which he had in the same.
  23. (CONFESSION) to say the same thing that God says about sin and the solution for sin; declare faith in something to self and others; to admit wrong doing.
  24. (Confession) (1.) An open profession of faith (Luk 12:8). (2.) An acknowledment of sins to God (Lev 16:21; Ezr 9:5; Dan 9:3), and to a neighbour whom we have wronged (Jam 5:16; Mat 18:15).
  25. (Confession) A person's admissions of enough facts to establish his or her guilt of a particular crime.