'confession' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'confession' with 7 example sentences.
- confession noun
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: an admission of misdeeds or faults
: a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
: (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
: a public declaration of your faith
: the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)
Why did you sign the confession?
The law does not accept confession under torture.
Revenge is a confession of pain.
Her confession came as a surprise.
The agent was able to squeeze a confession out of the terrorist.
Anton regularly goes to confession.
Having heard his love confession, the girl blushed.