confession
noun
[ kənˈfɛʃ(ə)n ]
• a formal statement admitting that one is guilty of a crime.
• "he signed a confession to both the murders"
Similar:
admission,
owning up,
acknowledgement,
profession,
revelation,
disclosure,
divulgence,
exposure,
avowal,
unbosoming,
• a statement setting out essential religious doctrine.
• "a Protestant confession of faith"
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin confessio(n- ), from confiteri ‘acknowledge’ (see confess).
