noun The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
Without the real murderer's confession, an innocent person could be jailed.
noun A formal document providing such an admission.
He forced me to sign a confession!
noun The disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is now also termed the sacrament of reconciliation.
I went to confession and now I feel much better about what I had done.
noun Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
noun A formula 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.