The Meaning of confession

• (n.) Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime.
• (n.) Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
• (n.) The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution.
• (n.) A formulary in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.
• (n.) An admission by a party to whom an act is imputed, in relation to such act. A judicial confession settles the issue to which it applies; an extrajudical confession may be explained or rebutted.

Synonyms

Creed , catechism , articles , doctrines , tenets , profession , declaration , subscription.

Antonyms

Heresy , apostacy , protest , condemnation , refutation , index , renunciation , abjuration.

Rhymes

accession , aggression , cession , compression , concession , decompression , depression , deshane , deshon , digression , discretion , eschen , expression , freshen , hessian , hession , impression , indiscretion , intercession , misimpression , obsession , oppression , possession , precession , procession , profession , progression , question , recession , regression , repossession , repression , retrocession , secession , session , succession , suppression , transgression