Confession :: Confession (n.) Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime..

Confession :: Confession (n.) Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.

Confession :: Confession (n.) The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution.

Confession :: Confession (n.) A formulary in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith..

Confession :: 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..

Confessional :: Confessional (n.) The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others..

Confessional :: Confessional (a.) Pertaining to a confession of faith.

Confessionalism :: Confessionalism (n.) An exaggerated estimate of the importance of giving full assent to any particular formula of the Christian faith.

Confessionalist :: Confessionalist (n.) A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession..

Confessionary :: Confessionary (n.) A confessional.

Confessionary :: Confessionary (a.) Pertaining to auricular confession; as, a confessionary litany..

Confessionist :: Confessionist (n.) One professing a certain faith.

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