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confession
[ kuhn-fesh-uhn ]
noun
- acknowledgment; avowal; admission:
a confession of incompetence.
- acknowledgment or disclosure of sin or sinfulness, especially to a priest to obtain absolution.
- something that is confessed.
- a formal, usually written, acknowledgment of guilt by a person accused of a crime.
- Also called confession of faith. a formal profession of belief and acceptance of doctrines, as before being admitted to church membership.
- the tomb of a martyr or confessor or the altar or shrine connected with it.
confession
/ °ìÉ™²Ôˈ´Úɛʃə²Ô /
noun
- the act of confessing
- something confessed
- an acknowledgment or declaration, esp of one's faults, misdeeds, or crimes
- Christianity RC Church the act of a penitent accusing himself or herself of his or her sins
- confession of faitha formal public avowal of religious beliefs
- a religious denomination or sect united by a common system of beliefs
confession
- In some church es, notably the Roman Catholic Church , a sacrament in which repentant sinners individually or as a group privately confess their sins in front of a priest and receive absolution from the guilt of their sins. In the first few centuries of Christianity , repentant sinners were assigned public penances: sinners had to stay outside the entrance of the church and ask the people going inside to pray for them. The period of public penance could be shortened through an indulgence .
Derived Forms
- ³¦´Ç²Ôˈ´Ú±ð²õ²õ¾±´Ç²Ô²¹°ù²â, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è°ù±ðc´Ç²Ô·´Ú±ð²õs¾±´Ç²Ô noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of confession1
Example Sentences
His family and lawyers have always insisted that the evidence against him is almost entirely based on a confession given under severe duress.
Dressed in all-black, he marks a written confession with an inky fingerprint: "I'm very sorry."
Mr Hakamata initially denied doing so, but later gave what he came to describe as a coerced confession, following beatings and interrogations that lasted up to 12 hours a day.
Decades after she and her sister had become sensations, Maggie Fox admitted it had all been a hoax — only to recant the confession later.
They say his confession is coerced, obtained through torture and therefore inadmissible as evidence.
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