confession

Definitions of confession
  1. noun
    a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith
  2. noun
    the act of being shriven
    synonyms: absolution
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    type of:
    aveu, confession de ses fautes
    (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
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