confess /kən-fesˈ/

1. To acknowledge fully (esp something wrong)
2. To own up to or admit
3. To make known (eg sins to a priest)
4. (eg of a priest) to hear a confession from
5. To reveal, betray, or make manifest (poetic)

To make confession (esp to a priest)

confessˈant noun

A person who makes a confession of sins to a priest

confessedˈ or confestˈ adjective

1. Admitted
2. Avowed
3. Declared
4. Evident

confessˈedly or confestˈly adverb

confession /kən-feshˈən/ noun

1. Acknowledgement or admission of a crime or fault
2. The act of confessing
3. The thing confessed
4. A statement of religious belief
5. Acknowledgement of sin to a priest (auricular confession)
6. A religious body of common belief (obsolete)

confessˈional noun

1. The seat or enclosed recess where a priest hears confessions
2. The institution of confession

Relating to confession

confessˈionalism noun

confessˈionalist noun

confessˈionary adjective

Of or belonging to confession

A confessional

confessˈor (or /konˈ/) noun

1. A priest who hears confessions and grants absolution
2. A person who makes a confession
3. A person who makes a declaration esp of religious faith
4. A person who endures persecution but not death

confessˈoress noun

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