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confessions

The correct spelling is confessions.

How to pronounce confessions

noun

Say it like: Con-fes-zho-ns

The correct spelling is confessions. The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad). For example: "Without the real murderer's confession, an innocent person will go to jail."

Usage Examples

Without the real murderer's confession, an innocent person will go to jail.

He forced me to sign a confession!

I went to confession and now I feel much better about what I had done.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
  2. 2.A formal document providing such an admission.
  3. 3.The disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is now termed the sacrament of reconciliation.
  4. 4.Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
  5. 5.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.

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