an acknowledgement of a fault, etc
Valentin de Bellegarde was, by his own confession, at all times a great chatterer — Henry James
(in pl) revelations of a private nature about one's life
Confessions of an English Opium Eater — de Quincey
a formal or written acknowledgment of guilt by a person accused of an offence
in the Roman Catholic Church, a disclosure of one's sins in confidence to a priest, or the procedure of attending a church for this purpose
a formal statement of religious beliefs
(also Confession) an organized religious body having a common creed
hear confession
said of a priest: to listen in private to somebody's confession of sin and give them absolution
confessional adj
confessionalism noun
confessionalist noun
confessionally adv
confessionary adj