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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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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.
And according to the Bulgarian law, a confession of a crime is only valid if made in the court.
They favored the use of general absolution and found that the practice of private confession encouraged scrupulosity.
I promise we can do this whole soul-searching gut-spilling confession thing tomorrow.
And soon, the whole business of confession has become polluted with falsity and madness.
Holding a separate service just for confession and absolution before a service of communion is an old practice for Lutherans.

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