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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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   Synonyms for CONFESSION: admission, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, insistence, assertion, avowal, declaration, self-confession; Antonyms of CONFESSION: disavowal, denial, rejection, recantation, repudiation, disclaimer, nonadmission, disallowance.

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   noun. These are words and phrases related to confession. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of confession. The thief's confession of guilt closed the case. Synonyms. admission. acknowledgment. revelation. disclosure. divulgence. declaration. avowal. Antonyms. denial. disavowal. refutation. concealment.

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   Synonyms for CONFESSIONS: admissions, acknowledgements, insistences, assertions, declarations, avowals, acknowledgments, concessions; Antonyms of CONFESSIONS: disavowals, denials, recantations, rejections, disclaimers, repudiations, nonadmissions, disallowances.

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   Synonyms for CONFESSION: acknowledgment, admission, avowal, assertion, disclosure, revelation, concession, allowance; Antonyms for CONFESSION: concealment, denial, disclaimer, disavowal, denial, concealment, secret, refutation.

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    Synonyms for CONFESSION in English: admission, revelation, disclosure, acknowledgment, avowal, divulgence, exposure, unbosoming, recognition, allowing, …

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    'confession' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations): acknowledgment - admission - apology - autobiography - confessional - contrition - declaration - disclosure - explanation - expose - exposure - extenuation - penance - religion - revelation