- confession - an admission of misdeeds or faults
--1 is a kind of admission
--1 has particulars: self-accusation, self-condemnationDerived forms: verb confess2, verb confess1 - confession - a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
--2 is a kind of document, written document, papers
Derived forms: verb confess2, verb confess1 - confession - (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
--3 is a kind of penance
--3 has particulars: shriftDerived form: verb confess3 - confession - a public declaration of your faith
--4 is a kind of declaration
- confession - a document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)
--5 is a kind of religious doctrine, church doctrine, gospel, creed
--5 has particulars: Augsburg Confession - confession - a document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)