confession synonyms

confession

n.

  1. The act of confessing

    concession, acknowledgment, admission, allowance, owning to, owning up*, revelation, revealing, disclosure, divulgence, publication, affirmation, assertion, unbosoming, utterance, vent, declaration, telling, relation, avowal, exposure, recitation, narration, exposé, acknowledgment of guilt, avowal of error, admission of guilt, admission of fault, proclamation, making public; see also acknowledgment 1.

    Antonyms concealment, denial*, disclaimer. *

  2. That which has been confessed

    statement, disclosure, profession; see admission 4, declaration 1.

  3. A sacrament

    penance, absolution, contrition, repentance; see penance 2, sacrament.

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