Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun confession

5 senses of confession

Sense 1
confession -- (an admission of misdeeds or faults)
       => admission -- (an acknowledgment of the truth of something)

Sense 2
confession -- (a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party)
       => document, written document, papers -- (writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature))

Sense 3
confession -- ((Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution)
       => penance -- (a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution)

Sense 4
confession -- (a public declaration of your faith)
       => declaration -- (a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written))

Sense 5
confession -- (the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century))
       => religious doctrine, church doctrine, gospel, creed -- (the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group)