confession

con·fes·sion

noun \kən-ˈfe-shən\

Definition of CONFESSION

1

a : an act of confessing; especially : a disclosure of one's sins in the sacrament of reconciliation b : a session for the confessing of sins <go to confession>

2

: a statement of what is confessed: as a : a written or oral acknowledgment of guilt by a party accused of an offense b : a formal statement of religious beliefs : creed

3

: an organized religious body having a common creed

Examples of CONFESSION

1. She went to the police station and made a full confession.
2. I have a confession to make: I have never done this before.
3. The priest will hear confessions after mass today.
4. I haven't gone to confession in three years.

First Known Use of CONFESSION

14th century

Related to CONFESSION

Synonyms: acknowledgment (or acknowledgement), admission, avowal, concession, self-confession

Antonyms: disavowal, nonadmission

Related Words: self-accusation, self-betrayal, self-revelation; self-incrimination, self-recrimination, self-reproach; affirmation, assertion, avouchment, claim, confirmation, declaration, insistence, profession; allowance; apology, hand-wringing; betrayal, disclosure, divulgence, giveaway, revelation; announcement, declaration, proclamation, pronouncement; blame, fault, responsibility; contriteness, contrition, penitence, regret, remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, rue

Near Antonyms: denial, disallowance, disclaimer, recantation, rejection, renouncement, repudiation

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Rhymes with CONFESSION

accession, aggression, bull session, compression, concession, depression, digression, discretion, egression, expression, impression, ingression, jam session, obsession, oppression, precession, procession, profession, progression, recession, refreshen, regression, repression, secession, skull session, succession, suppression, transgression