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

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

Submission :: Submission (n.) Acknowledgement of a fault; confession of error.

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

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

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

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

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

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..

Profess :: Profess (v. i.) To take a profession upon one's self by a public declaration; to confess.

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

Earshrift :: Earshrift (n.) A nickname for auricular confession; shrift.

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..

Confessorship :: Confessorship (n.) The act or state of suffering persecution for religious faith.

Shrive :: Shrive (v. t.) To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the agent.

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

Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done.

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..

Confessionary :: Confessionary (n.) A confessional.

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

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