confessions Meaning & Definition
Phonetic codes: K AH0 N F EH1 SH AH0 N Z
What Does Confessions Mean?
Confessions is used as a noun meaning plural of confession.
Confessions Definition (Noun)
- plural of confession
Noun
- The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
Without the real murderer's confession, an innocent person will go to jail.
- A formal document providing such an admission.
He forced me to sign a confession!
- The disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is now termed the sacrament of reconciliation.
I went to confession and now I feel much better about what I had done.
- Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
- 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.
Synonyms of Confessions
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Confessions synonyms and antonyms →Antonyms of Confessions
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Confessions in a Sentence
Without the real murderer's confession, an innocent person will go to jail.
He forced me to sign a confession!
I went to confession and now I feel much better about what I had done.
Word Forms & Grammar
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