Definition of Confession

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Confession

Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime.

Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.

The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution.

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.

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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Confession Quotations

Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.
Mohandas Gandhi

Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.
Mohandas Gandhi

Faith never makes a confession.
Henry David Thoreau

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time.
Karl Marx

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
Saint Augustine

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.
Albert Camus

Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and satisfaction by means of good works.
Saint Thomas Aquinas

A confession has to be part of your new life.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

Confession Translations

confession in French is confesse, confession
confession in Italian is confessione

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