confession
Nouns
- (n) an admission of misdeeds or faults
- (n) a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
- (n) (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
- (n) a public declaration of your faith
- (n) the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)