confession
con|fes|sion /kənf'eʃən/ (confessions)
1 [N-COUNT]
A confession is a signed statement by someone in which they admit that they have committed a particular crime.
They forced him to sign a confession.
2 [N-VAR]
Confession is the act of admitting that you have done something that you are ashamed of or embarrassed about.
The diaries are a mixture of confession and observation...
I have a confession to make.
3 [N-VAR] usu N of n
If you make a confession of your beliefs or feelings, you publicly tell people that this is what you believe or feel.
...Tatyana's confession of love.
= declaration
4 [N-VAR]
In the Catholic church and in some other churches, if you go to confession, you privately tell a priest about your sins and ask for forgiveness.
He never went to Father Porter for confession again.
1 [N-COUNT]
A confession is a signed statement by someone in which they admit that they have committed a particular crime.
They forced him to sign a confession.
2 [N-VAR]
Confession is the act of admitting that you have done something that you are ashamed of or embarrassed about.
The diaries are a mixture of confession and observation...
I have a confession to make.
3 [N-VAR] usu N of n
If you make a confession of your beliefs or feelings, you publicly tell people that this is what you believe or feel.
...Tatyana's confession of love.
= declaration
4 [N-VAR]
In the Catholic church and in some other churches, if you go to confession, you privately tell a priest about your sins and ask for forgiveness.
He never went to Father Porter for confession again.