Meaning of confession | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad)
2. A formal document providing such an admission
3. The disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is now also termed the sacrament of reconciliation
4. Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith
5. 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

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