1.Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime. "With a crafty madness keeps aloof, When we would bring him on to some confession Of his true state."
2.Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith. "With the mouth confession is made unto salvation."
3.(Eccl.) The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution. "Auricular confession... or the private and special confession of sins to a priest for the purpose of obtaining his absolution."
4.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.
5.(Law) 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.
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