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   confession

   /kənˈfɛʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a formal statement admitting that one is guilty of a crime: "he signed a confession to both the murders"
   • ▪ an acknowledgement that one has done something about which one is ashamed or embarrassed: "by his own confession, he had strayed perilously close to alcoholism"
   • ▪ a formal admission of one's sins with repentance and desire of absolution, especially privately to a priest as a religious duty: "she still had not been to confession"
   • ▪ intimate personal revelations, especially as presented in a sensationalized form in a book, newspaper, or film: humorous "confessions of a driving instructor"
   • 2. a statement setting out essential religious doctrine: "a Protestant confession of faith"
   • ▪ the religious body or Church sharing a confession of faith: "leading figures from every Christian confession"
   • ▪ a statement of one's principles: "his words are a political confession of faith"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin confessio(n-), from confiteri ‘acknowledge’ (see confess).

   Derivatives

   • 1. confessionary adjective

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   What does confession mean?

   • Confession is the activity of telling God or a priest what you have done wrong so God will forgive you. After that, both accusations and confessions proliferated at a rapid rate. Table 3 lists the fifty individuals whose confessions have been recorded. Revivalists' public confessions of sin looked like cleansing ceremonies.

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   What is a confession of incompetence?

   • a confession of incompetence. acknowledgment or disclosure of sin or sinfulness, especially to a priest to obtain absolution. something that is confessed. a formal, usually written, acknowledgment of guilt by a person accused of a crime.

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   What does it mean if a detective says a confession?

   • A confession is an admission of guilt, fault, or a mistake. You’ve probably seen TV shows or movies where a detective says to a suspect "Confess!" The detective is trying to get a confession, which is a statement that admits some type of guilt. "I killed the mayor!" is a confession. "I forgot your birthday" is a confession.

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   What is the definition of confession in the Evidence Act?

   • The term ‘confession’ is nowhere defined in the Evidence Act. The word appears for the first in section 24 of the Act. The definition of the confession is given under section 17 becomes applicable to confession also. As the section comes under the heading of the admission it is clear that is merely one species of admission. Mr.

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   noun. acknowledgment; avowal; admission: a confession of incompetence. acknowledgment or disclosure of sin or sinfulness, especially to a priest to obtain absolution. something that is confessed. a formal, usually written, acknowledgment of guilt by a person accused of a crime.

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   A confession is an admission of guilt, fault, or a mistake. You’ve probably seen TV shows or movies where a detective says to a suspect "Confess!" The detective is trying to get a confession, which is a statement that admits some type of guilt.

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   noun. /kənˈfeʃn/ [countable, uncountable] a statement that a person makes, admitting that they are guilty of a crime; the act of making such a statement. After hours of questioning by police, she made a full confession. His confession was extracted under torture. Extra Examples. Topics Crime and punishment c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.

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    Confession is an act or process of admitting or disclosing something, especially a fault, sin, or belief. It can also refer to a religious group or denomination that shares a common creed or doctrine. See different sources and translations of the word confession.