What is another word for confession?
308 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ k_ə_n_f_ˈɛ_ʃ_ə_n], [ kənfˈɛʃən], [ kənfˈɛʃən]Table of Contents
Similar words for confession:- acknowledgment (noun)
- act (noun)
- admittance of information (noun)
- apology (noun)
- autobiography (noun)
- concession (noun)
- confession (noun)
- creed (noun)
- description (noun)
- disclosure (noun)
- explanation (noun)
- expose (noun)
- exposure (noun)
- faith (noun)
- penance (noun)
- penitence (noun)
- profession (noun)
- recognition (noun)
- sacrament (noun)
- other synonyms
- catholicism
Definition for Confession:
Synonyms for Confession:
n.
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- blessing,
- circumcise.
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- contrition,
- dog,
- absolution,
- sacrament,
- finger.
- 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.
- 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.
- auto-biographies,
- auto-biography,
- selfportrayal,
- self portrayals,
- self portrayal,
- selfportrayals,
- auto biography,
- personal histories,
- self-portrayals,
- auto biographies.
- co pout,
- co-pouts,
- sur-renders,
- givebacks,
- copouts,
- sur-render,
- trade-offs,
- sur renders,
- trade offs,
- buybacks,
- co pouts,
- co-pout,
- giving ins.
- 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.
- broadcasting,
- expression,
- dissemination,
- announcement,
- testimony,
- advertisement,
- communication,
- exhibition,
- Divulging.
- 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.
- 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.
- de-nomination,
- ortho-doxy,
- ortho doxies,
- de nominations,
- theisms,
- de nomination,
- de-nominations,
- ortho doxy,
- ortho-doxies.
- re morse,
- re-morses,
- selfflagellation,
- sackcloth ash,
- sackcloth and ash,
- self flagellations,
- self-flagellations,
- self flagellation,
- selfflagellations,
- expiations,
- re morses,
- re-morse,
- sackcloth ashes.
- contriteness,
- repentance,
- regret,
- attrition,
- self-reproach,
- atonement,
- penitence,
- remorse,
- breast-beating.
- 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.
Other synonyms:
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- 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.
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- deify,
- denunciation,
- invocation,
- ordain,
- sacrifice,
- denounce,
- bless,
- vigil,
- consecrate,
- prayer,
- feast,
- circumcision,
- narc,
- preach.
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- frame.
- 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.
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
acknowledgement, acknowledgment, creed.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
testimony, plea, sect, persuasion, guilt, conviction, non-recognition.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
confessional, faith, affiliation, religion, declaration, revelation, deposition, statement, belief, evidence.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Confession:
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n.
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admittance of information
repudiation, secret, disavowal, silence, concealment, denial, cover, refusal.
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Other antonyms:
censure, condemnation, renouncement, injury, imputation, recantation, Nonadmission, offense, wrong, accusation, charge, complaint, insult.
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admittance of information
Confession Sentence Examples:
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I had it in confession.
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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.
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act
shrift.
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communication
self-accusation, self-condemnation.
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act
Hyponym for Confession:
n.
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act
penance.
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communication
creed, papers, document, church doctrine, religious doctrine, admission, declaration, gospel, written document.
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act