Look up: Confession

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   confession
   [n] - an admission of misdeeds or faults 2. [n] - a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party 3. [n] - (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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   confession
   In law, a criminal's admission of guilt. Since false confessions may be elicited by intimidation or ill treatment of the accused, the validity of confession in a court of law varies from one legal...
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   confession
   In religion, the confession of sins practised in Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and most Far Eastern Christian churches, and since the early 19th century revived in Anglican and Lu ...
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   Confession
   Con·fes'sion noun [ French confession , Latin confessio .] 1. Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime. « With a crafty madness keeps aloof, When we would bring him on to some confession Of his true state. Shak. » 2. Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's fa ...
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   confession
   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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   confession
   noun an admission of misdeeds or faults
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   Confession
   `Confession` of sins is part of the Christian faith and practice . The meaning is essentially the same as the criminal one – to admit one's guilt. Confession of one's sins, or at least of one's sinfulness, is seen by most churches as a pre-requisite for becoming a Christian.
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   Confession
   • (n.) An admission by a party to whom an act is imputed, in relation to such act. A judicial confession settles the issue to which it applies; an extrajudical confession may be explained or rebutted. • (n.) Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one`s faith. • (n.) The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain...
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   Confession
   (from the article `Bakunin, Mikhail Aleksandrovich`) ...and then transferred to Russia. There, in May 1851, he was back on Russian soil in the Peter-Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg. At the invitation of ...
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    confession
    in criminal law, a voluntary statement made by a person charged with a crime in which he acknowledges that he is guilty of committing that crime. ... [4 related articles]
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    confession
    in the Judeo-Christian tradition, the acknowledgment of sinfulness in public or private, regarded as necessary to obtain divine forgiveness. The need ... [12 related articles]
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    confession
    in literature, an autobiography, either real or fictitious, in which intimate and hidden details of the subject`s life are revealed. The first ... [4 related articles]
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    confession
    confession 1. An admission of having done something wrong or embarrassing. 2. In law, a voluntary written or verbal statement admitting the commission of a crime. 3. A profession of emotions or beliefs; such as, love, loyalty, or faith. 4. A formal declaration of sins confidentially to a priest or to God.
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    confession
    
    1. an admission of misdeeds or faults
    2. a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
    3. (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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    confession
    confession, in law, the formal admission of criminal guilt, usually obtained in the course of examination by the police or prosecutor or at trial. For a confession to be admissible as evidence against an accused individual, it generally must have been procured voluntarily after the person was inform...
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