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Peccavi :: Peccavi () I have sinned; -- used colloquially to express confession or acknowledgment of an offense.

Appellor :: Appellor (n.) One who confesses a felony committed and accuses his accomplices.

Profess :: Profess (v. t.) To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely..

Squeak :: Squeak (v. i.) To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess.

Confitent :: Confitent (n.) One who confesses his sins and faults.

Confessor :: Confessor (n.) A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution.

Guru :: Guru (n.) A spiritual teacher, guide, or confessor amoung the Hindoos..

Admittedly :: Admittedly (adv.) Confessedly.

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) A small building in a monastery where penitents confessed.

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc. Its chief is a cardinal, called the Grand Penitentiary, appointed by the pope..

Licentiate :: Licentiate (n.) A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy..

Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To make known or acknowledge, as one's sins to a priest, in order to receive absolution; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun..

Penitential :: Penitential (n.) A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also penitential book..

Avouch :: Avouch (v. t.) To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.

Shriver :: Shriver (n.) One who shrives; a confessor.

Penitent :: Penitent (n.) One under the direction of a confessor.

Criminal :: Criminal (n.) One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon..

Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To make acknowledgment or avowal in a matter pertaining to one's self; to acknowledge, own, or admit, as a crime, a fault, a debt..

Confessant :: Confessant (n.) One who confesses to a priest.

Penitencer :: Penitencer (n.) A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases.

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