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Confessions

The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).

📖 Definitions of "Confessions"

noun
  1. 1

    The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).

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

  2. 2

    A formal document providing such an admission.

    "He forced me to sign a confession!"

  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.

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

  4. 4

    Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.

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