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Denial :: Denial (n.) A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God..

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..

Beknow :: Beknow (v. t.) To confess; to acknowledge.

Confessed :: Confessed (imp. & p. p.) of Confes.

Auricular :: Auricular (a.) Told in the ear, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest..

Formula :: Formula (n.) A written confession of faith; a formal statement of foctrines.

Confessor :: Confessor (n.) One who confesses; one who acknowledges a fault, or the truth of a charge, at the risk of suffering; specifically, one who confesses himself a follower of Christ and endures persecution for his faith..

Render :: Render (v. i.) To give an account; to make explanation or confession.

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..

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

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

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

Unbosom :: Unbosom (v. t.) To disclose freely; to reveal in confidence, as secrets; to confess; -- often used reflexively; as, to unbosom one's self..

Confessary :: Confessary (n.) One who makes a confession.

Shrive :: Shrive (v. t.) To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively..

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

Own :: Own (v. t.) To grant; to acknowledge; to admit to be true; to confess; to recognize in a particular character; as, we own that we have forfeited your love..

Avoid :: Avoid (a.) To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter..

Probator :: Probator (n.) One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it, and accused others, his accomplices, in order to obtain pardon; a state's evidence..

Ghostly :: Ghostly (a.) Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual; as, a ghostly confessor..

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