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Meaning of confessions

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

confessions

noun

Definitions

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

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

  2. A formal document providing such an admission.

    Example: He forced me to sign a confession!

  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.

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

  4. Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.