attrit vs confession

attrit

noun
  • One who voluntarily or involuntarily leaves a company; a termed employee. 

verb
  • To be reduced in quantity through attrition. 

  • To lose, or to kill, troops by attrition due to sustained firepower. 

  • To engage in attrition; to quit or drop out. 

  • To wear down through attrition, especially mechanical attrition. 

confession

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

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

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