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How to pronounce confessions

IPA transcription: [kən'fɛʃənz]

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Noun

  • an admission of misdeeds or faults

  • a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party

  • (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution

  • a public declaration of your faith

  • the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)