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confession

noun

con·​fes·​sion kən-ˈfe-shən How to pronounce confession (audio)
1
a
: an act of confessing
especially : a disclosure of one's sins in the sacrament of reconciliation
b
: a session for the confessing of sins
go to confession
2
: a statement of what is confessed: such as
a
: a written or oral acknowledgment of guilt by a party accused of an offense
b
: a formal statement of religious beliefs : creed
the Augsburg Confession of the Lutheran Church
3
: an organized religious body having a common creed

Synonyms

Example Sentences

She went to the police station and made a full confession. I have a confession to make: I have never done this before. The priest will hear confessions after mass today. I haven't gone to confession in three years.
Recent Examples on the Web Michael Sizemore, one of the attorneys, argued that the sheriff’s office tainted the confession, noting that video footage showed Sisk repeating back information the police fed to him about the motive and alleged chain of events. Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al, 8 Sep. 2022 His lawyer said the confession was made under duress. Hazem Balousha, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022 So, the seal of confidentiality was breached by Paul Adams, the person who made the confession. The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022 In the past, women who had abortions were hung out to dry through the tactic of public confession, in which each person bravely, tearfully, or defiantly stood alone and told her truth. Sarah Schulman, The New Republic, 26 Aug. 2022 Fielder goes through his own rehearsal of the confession with an actor stand-in. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 16 July 2022 Abrams later filed an affidavit of confession of judgment, in order to provide the union additional security, and agreed to pay the $412,807 in unpaid dues deductions and benefit contributions as well as interest on that amount. Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2022 At the time of the confession Whited did not know the date or year of the shooting and police struggled to tie the statement to Dailey’s death. Eric Fleischauer The Decatur Daily, al, 7 July 2022 The milieus of the stories vary, but the mood threading them together is one of confession, sometimes in the theological sense. The New Yorker, 4 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English confessioun, borrowed from Anglo-French confession, borrowed from Latin confessiōn-, confessiō, from confiteor, confitērī "to admit (a fact, the truth of a statement or charge)" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action — more at confess

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of confession was in the 14th century

Phrases Containing confession

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