confession

confession antonyms

denial compare confession and denial
secret compare confession and secret
concealment compare confession and concealment
silence compare confession and silence
misrepresentation compare confession and misrepresentation
covering compare confession and covering
unbelief compare confession and unbelief
cover compare confession and cover
forgetfulness compare confession and forgetfulness
indictment compare confession and indictment
repudiation compare confession and repudiation
protest compare confession and protest
hiding compare confession and hiding
ignorance compare confession and ignorance
quiet compare confession and quiet
doubt compare confession and doubt
keeping compare confession and keeping
fighting compare confession and fighting
criticism compare confession and criticism
rejection compare confession and rejection
skepticism compare confession and skepticism
disputation compare confession and disputation
refusal compare confession and refusal
defiance compare confession and defiance
disagreement compare confession and disagreement
difference compare confession and difference
disavowal compare confession and disavowal
charge compare confession and charge
censure compare confession and censure
complication compare confession and complication
complaint compare confession and complaint
accusation compare confession and accusation
condemnation compare confession and condemnation
agnosticism compare confession and agnosticism

confession definitions

noun

  • A formula 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. 

  • The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad). 

  • A formal document providing such an admission. 

  • The disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is now also termed the sacrament of reconciliation. 

  • Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.