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confession

/kənˈfɛʃən/ nom B2

En français : confession

  1. The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad). (countable, uncountable) · Without the real murderer's confession, an innocent person could be jailed.
  2. A formal document providing such an admission. (countable, uncountable) · 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 also termed the sacrament of reconciliation. (countable, uncountable) · I went to confession and now I feel much better about what I had done.
  4. Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith. (countable, uncountable)
  5. A formula 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. (countable, uncountable)
  6. The act of professing one's love. (countable, uncountable)

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Let me advise you to gain at least the small credit for repentance and confession, since there are still some details which we can only learn from your lips.”
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 36 · B2
Anne’s Confession
Anne of Green Gables, p. 94 · C1
I thought out a confession last night after I went to bed and made it as interesting as I could.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 103 · C1
I have to laugh when I think of Anne’s ‘confession,’ although I suppose I shouldn’t for it really was a falsehood.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 104 · C1

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