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What does confession mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word confession? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
  2. A formal document providing such an admission.
  3. (Christianity) The disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is now termed the sacrament of reconciliation.
  4. Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
  5. A formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.
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Postponing the inevitable anger, disappointment, and embarrassment my parents would surely feel upon my confession seemed like a good idea.
The Defendant is pleading a confession and avoidance to the Plaintiff's claim.
The Attorney-General says any confession extracted using torture would not be admissible in an Australian court.
They favored the use of general absolution and found that the practice of private confession encouraged scrupulosity.
Lest the Gods of Indie strike me down, I have a confession to make that could well ruin the few hip credentials in my possession.
The facts contained in the alleged confession were admitted to be in the public domain.

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