confession
confession Lexical Profile
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• noun
A formal statement admitting that one is guilty of a crime, fault, or wrongdoing.
"The suspect signed a written confession after several hours of questioning by the detectives."
In certain Christian churches, the sacrament or practice of acknowledging one's sins privately to a priest in order to receive absolution.
"Every Saturday afternoon, parishioners line up outside the sanctuary to go to confession."
A formal declaration of religious beliefs or principles, or a specific Christian denomination adhering to such a creed.
"The Augsburg Confession remains one of the foundational doctrinal documents of the Lutheran Church."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Old French confession, from Latin confessionem ('acknowledgment, avowal'), a noun of action from confiteri ('to acknowledge'), formed from com- (intensive prefix) and fateri ('to admit'), related to fari ('to speak').