confession

noun

1. an admission of misdeeds or faults

Definition categories: communication, admission

2. a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party

Definition categories: communication, document, papers

3. (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution

Definition categories: act, penance

4. a public declaration of your faith

Definition categories: communication, declaration

5. the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)

Definition categories: communication, creed, gospel