confession de ses fautes

Definitions of confession de ses fautes
  1. noun
    a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
    synonyms: aveu
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    type of:
    document, papiers, écrit
    writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
  2. noun
    an admission of misdeeds or faults
    synonyms: admission, aveu, reconnaissance
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    types:
    auto-accusation
    an admission that you have failed to do or be something you know you should do or be
    type of:
    admission, aveu, reconnaissance
    an acknowledgment of the truth of something
  3. noun
    (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
    synonyms: aveu
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    types:
    absolution, confession
    the act of being shriven
    type of:
    expiation
    a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
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