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confession (noun)

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  • confession — noun 1 admitting guilt ADJECTIVE ▪ full ▪ public ▪ true ▪ It s difficult to believe it s a true confession after all her lies. ▪ false …   Collocations dictionary

  • confession — ► NOUN 1) an act of confessing, especially a formal statement admitting to a crime. 2) a formal admission of one s sins privately to a priest. 3) (also confession of faith) a statement setting out essential religious doctrine …   English terms dictionary

  • confession — con·fes·sion n 1: an act of confessing 2: an acknowledgment of a fact or allegation as true or proven; esp: a written or oral statement by an accused party acknowledging the party s guilt (as by admitting commission of a crime) compare admission; …   Law dictionary

  • confession — noun 1 (C) a formal statement that you have done something wrong or illegal: The police officer wrote down every word of Smith s confession. (+ of): a confession of failure | make a confession: At 3 a.m. Higgins broke down and made a full… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • confession — late 14c., action of confessing, originally in religion, from O.Fr. confession (10c.), from L. confessionem (nom. confessio) confession, acknowledgement, noun of action from pp. stem of confiteri (see CONFESS (Cf. confess)). In law, from 1570s.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • confession — noun /kənˈfɛʃən/ a) The open admittance of having done something (especially of something bad). Without the real murderers confession, an innocent person will go to jail. b) the disclosure of ones sins to a priest for absolution. Now termed the… …   Wiktionary

  • confession — noun 1》 a formal statement admitting to a crime.     ↘a reluctant acknowledgement. 2》 a formal admission of one s sins privately to a priest. 3》 (also confession of faith) a statement setting out essential religious doctrine.     ↘the religious… …   English new terms dictionary

  • confession of judgement — noun a judgment entered after a written confession by the debtor without the expense of ordinary legal proceedings • Syn: ↑confession of judgment, ↑cognovit judgment, ↑cognovit judgement • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms …   Useful english dictionary

  • confession of judgment — noun a judgment entered after a written confession by the debtor without the expense of ordinary legal proceedings • Syn: ↑confession of judgement, ↑cognovit judgment, ↑cognovit judgement • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms …   Useful english dictionary

  • confession — noun Date: 14th century 1. a. an act of confessing; especially a disclosure of one s sins in the sacrament of reconciliation b. a session for the confessing of sins < go to confession > 2. a statement of what is confessed: as …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • confession — noun they soon got a confession out of him Syn: admission, acknowledgment, profession; revelation, disclosure, divulgence, avowal; guilty plea …   Thesaurus of popular words

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