confessione

Definitions of confessione
  1. 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
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    penitenza
    a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
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