confession
noun
con·fes·sion
kən-ˈfe-shən 
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
3
: an organized religious body having a common creed
Examples of confession in a Sentence
She went to the police station and made a full confession.
I have a confession to make: I have never done this before.
The priest will hear confessions after mass today.
I haven't gone to confession in three years.
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Initially, they were paid for their work by the crown, though Brinkman suggests that over time many of them instead came to depend on fees, such as a charge paid by parishioners for providing interpretation during a confession or baptism.
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 12 July 2025
Almodóvar’s lawsuit against the city accuses Guevara, similarly accused in dozens more cases, of framing Almodóvar with coerced and manipulated confessions.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025
The court found, as did the trial court, that even without the confession prosecutors had enough other evidence to support the guilty verdict.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2025
The pair, currently on their third go at a relationship, were again faced with a heartbreaking confession that could ruin the relationship once and for all.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 3 July 2025
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 12 July 2025
Almodóvar’s lawsuit against the city accuses Guevara, similarly accused in dozens more cases, of framing Almodóvar with coerced and manipulated confessions.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025
The court found, as did the trial court, that even without the confession prosecutors had enough other evidence to support the guilty verdict.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2025
The pair, currently on their third go at a relationship, were again faced with a heartbreaking confession that could ruin the relationship once and for all.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 3 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for confession
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“Confession.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confession. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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confession
noun
con·fes·sion
kən-ˈfesh-ən
1
a
: an act of confessing
especially
: a telling of one's sins to a priest
b
: a meeting for the confessing of sins
go to confession
2
: a statement admitting guilt
the thief signed a confession
3
: a formal statement of religious beliefs : creed
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