(law) A confession; a defense of one's faith, or a confession of guilt.

A lover’s confession.

The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad). / A formal document providing such an admission.

In the manner or style of a confession. / Officially practicing a particular shared religion, as a state or organization; see confessionalism 1.

(Roman Catholicism) A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest. / A confession.

(religion) A belief in the importance of full and unambiguous assent to the whole of a religious teaching. / (poetry) A style of American poetry that draws on the personal history of the poet.

plural of confession

plural of confessional

A manual or guide to making confession. / A confessional.

Of or relating to confession.