Definition for Confession:

• a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party

Synonyms for Confession:

• n.

  •
  • blessing,
  • circumcise.
  •
  • contrition,
  • dog,
  • absolution,
  • sacrament,
  • finger.
  •
  • show,
  • affirm,
  • knowledge.
  •acknowledgment (noun)
  • concedings,
  • re action,
  • re-actions,
  • all owing,
  • re turns,
  • Re-turn,
  • re actions,
  • allowings,
  • asservations,
  • re-action,
  • yieldings,
  • re turn,
  • hailings,
  • admittings,
  • all-owing,
  • re-turns.
  •act (noun)
  • confession.
  •admittance of information (noun)
  • assenting,
  • publication,
  • acknowledgment,
  • affirmation,
  • revelation,
  • telling,
  • divulgence,
  • Unbosoming,
  • narration,
  • relation,
  • making public,
  • song,
  • squawk,
  • enumeration,
  • declaration,
  • recitation,
  • utterance,
  • proclamation,
  • allowance,
  • story,
  • assertion,
  • owning up,
  • disclosing.
  •apology (noun)
  • re dress,
  • re dresses,
  • de fenses,
  • re-dresses,
  • re-dress,
  • de-fenses.
  •autobiography (noun)
  • auto-biographies,
  • auto-biography,
  • selfportrayal,
  • self portrayals,
  • self portrayal,
  • selfportrayals,
  • auto biography,
  • personal histories,
  • self-portrayals,
  • auto biographies.
  •concession (noun)
  • co pout,
  • co-pouts,
  • sur-renders,
  • givebacks,
  • copouts,
  • sur-render,
  • trade-offs,
  • sur renders,
  • trade offs,
  • buybacks,
  • co pouts,
  • co-pout,
  • giving ins.
  •confession (noun)
  • acknowledgement,
  • making known,
  • unburdening,
  • owning-up.
  •creed (noun)
  • articles faith,
  • weltanschauungs.
  •description (noun)
  • ex plication,
  • re citation,
  • in-formations,
  • de lineations,
  • ex plications,
  • re-citation,
  • de-lineation,
  • in-formation,
  • re presentations,
  • de-lineations,
  • ex-plication,
  • re-presentations,
  • re-cords,
  • summarizations,
  • re cord,
  • de tail,
  • re cords,
  • re citations,
  • ex-plications,
  • re-citations,
  • recountals,
  • de-tail,
  • re presentation,
  • re-cord,
  • in formations,
  • de lineation,
  • blow by blows.
  •disclosure (noun)
  • broadcasting,
  • expression,
  • dissemination,
  • announcement,
  • testimony,
  • advertisement,
  • communication,
  • exhibition,
  • Divulging.
  •explanation (noun)
  • de-tails,
  • ex-planation,
  • re-solution,
  • ex-ample,
  • dis-plays,
  • ex planation,
  • ex-positions,
  • ex planations,
  • dis-play,
  • re-solutions,
  • ex-planations,
  • dis play,
  • ex-position,
  • re solutions,
  • ex ample,
  • de tails,
  • dis plays.
  •expose (noun)
  • re velation,
  • re velations,
  • ex pose,
  • re-velations,
  • re-velation,
  • ex-pose.
  •exposure (noun)
  • un masking,
  • un veiling,
  • un-veiling,
  • divulgings,
  • un-masking,
  • defenselessnesses,
  • un veilings,
  • susceptivenesses,
  • un folding,
  • un-maskings,
  • unmaskings,
  • un-folding,
  • un maskings,
  • denudations,
  • laying opens,
  • un-veilings.
  •faith (noun)
  • de-nomination,
  • ortho-doxy,
  • ortho doxies,
  • de nominations,
  • theisms,
  • de nomination,
  • de-nominations,
  • ortho doxy,
  • ortho-doxies.
  •penance (noun)
  • re morse,
  • re-morses,
  • selfflagellation,
  • sackcloth ash,
  • sackcloth and ash,
  • self flagellations,
  • self-flagellations,
  • self flagellation,
  • selfflagellations,
  • expiations,
  • re morses,
  • re-morse,
  • sackcloth ashes.
  •penitence (noun)
  • contriteness,
  • repentance,
  • regret,
  • attrition,
  • self-reproach,
  • atonement,
  • penitence,
  • remorse,
  • breast-beating.
  •profession (noun)
  • pre-tense,
  • pre tense,
  • pre tenses.
  •recognition (noun)
  • recallings,
  • re-collection,
  • re cognizance,
  • re-spect,
  • under standings,
  • re collection,
  • re collections,
  • re spects,
  • re-calls,
  • noticings,
  • under standing,
  • re-collections,
  • re spect,
  • perceivings,
  • re-cognitions,
  • re calling,
  • identifyings,
  • re-spects,
  • re cognizances,
  • re-cognition,
  • re-calling,
  • apprehendings,
  • re-cognizance,
  • re-call,
  • re-callings,
  • re callings,
  • re cognition,
  • re cognitions,
  • under-standings,
  • under-standing,
  • re-cognizances,
  • re calls.
  •sacrament (noun)
  • holy orderses.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ceremony,
  • officiate,
  • anoint,
  • avowal,
  • purification,
  • sacrificial,
  • fink,
  • thanksgiving,
  • liturgical,
  • prayer meeting,
  • frame up,
  • purify,
  • religion,
  • flagellation,
  • contemplation,
  • ordination,
  • sanctify,
  • novitiate,
  • celebrant,
  • rite,
  • confessed,
  • inform on,
  • devotional.
  •
  • deify,
  • denunciation,
  • invocation,
  • ordain,
  • sacrifice,
  • denounce,
  • bless,
  • vigil,
  • consecrate,
  • prayer,
  • feast,
  • circumcision,
  • narc,
  • preach.
  •
  • ministry,
  • sect,
  • squeal,
  • write up.
  •
  • admission,
  • denomination,
  • hand over,
  • persuasion.
  •
  • sing,
  • turn in.
  •
  • report,
  • service.
  •
  • frame.
  •catholicism
  • confessional,
  • apostolic,
  • interdict,
  • conclave,
  • the Vulgate,
  • confess,
  • mortal sin,
  • papacy,
  • purgatory,
  • the holy see,
  • papist,
  • roman,
  • papal,
  • popemobile,
  • popery,
  • bull,
  • r.c.,
  • encyclical,
  • excommunicate,
  • indulgence,
  • catholic,
  • holy father,
  • popish,
  • imprimatur,
  • limbo,
  • the Sacrament of the Sick,
  • pontificate,
  • catholicism,
  • anglo-catholic,
  • altar boy,
  • confessor.

Paraphrases for Confession:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    acknowledgement, acknowledgment, creed.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    testimony, plea, sect, persuasion, guilt, conviction, non-recognition.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    confessional, faith, affiliation, religion, declaration, revelation, deposition, statement, belief, evidence.

Antonyms for Confession:

• n.

  • admittance of information
    repudiation, secret, disavowal, silence, concealment, denial, cover, refusal.
  • Other antonyms:
    censure, condemnation, renouncement, injury, imputation, recantation, Nonadmission, offense, wrong, accusation, charge, complaint, insult.

Confession Sentence Examples:

• I had it in confession.

• And he thought that he knew this girl, who three times a year would open her whole heart to him in confession.

Hypernym for Confession:

• n.

  • act
    shrift.
  • communication
    self-accusation, self-condemnation.

Hyponym for Confession:

• n.

  • act
    penance.
  • communication
    creed, papers, document, church doctrine, religious doctrine, admission, declaration, gospel, written document.