1. (

• confession

) an admission of misdeeds or faults ;

2. (

• confession ,

) a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party ;

3. (

• confession

) (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution ;

4. (

• confession ,

) a public declaration of your faith ;

5. (

• confession ,

) the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century) ;