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confessing

/kənˈfɛsɪŋ/ noun B2
  1. The act of making a confession.

Plural confessings

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And that’s the best I can do at confessing, Marilla.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 99 · C1
I’ve had practice in confessing, fortunately.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 154 · C1
Still, I could see no better course than to observe him from the hill, and to clear my conscience by confessing to him afterwards what I had done.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 107 · C1
I can be no longer mistrustful, but you must pardon me, my dear count, for confessing to some degree of astonishment.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 479 · C1

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