Confession - Definition
confession
n 1: an admission of misdeeds or faults
2: a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the
guilty party
3: (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: a public declaration of your faith
5: the document that spells out the belief system of a given
church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th
century)