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confession
noun /kənˈfɛʃən/
a) The open admittance of having done something (especially of something bad).

Without the real murderers confession, an innocent person will go to jail.

b) the disclosure of ones sins to a priest for absolution. Now termed the sacrament of reconciliation.

I went to confession and now I feel much better about what I had done.

See Also: confess

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