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Noun Concept
Categories: Sacraments, All Wikipedia articles needing clarification, All pages needing cleanup, Articles with multiple maintenance issues, Confession (religion)
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confession  Sacrament of Penance  Sacrament of Penance & Reconciliation  auricular confession  canonical penance
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(Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution WordNet 3.0
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sacrament
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(Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Confession, in many religions, is the acknowledgment of sinful thoughts and actions. Wikipedia
The Sacrament of Penance is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church, in which the faithful are absolved from sins committed after baptism and reconciled with the Christian community. Wikipedia
The acknowledgment of one's sinfulness or wrongdoings Wikipedia Disambiguation
Sacrament of the Catholic Church Wikidata
The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution. OmegaWiki
The disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is now termed the sacrament of reconciliation. Wiktionary
Disclosure of one's sins to a priest. Wiktionary (translation)
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I went to confession and now I feel much better about what I had done. Wiktionary
IS A
penance
rite
sacrament
confession
HAS PART
confessor
confessor
PART OF
Catholicism
HAS KIND
shrift
confession
confessional
repentance
lay confession
CATEGORY DOMAIN
Roman Catholic
DERIVATION
confess
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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confession
Wikipedia
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Sacrament of Penance, confession (religion)
Wikidata
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confession, Sacrament of Penance
Wiktionary
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confession
OmegaWiki
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confession
Wikipedia Redirections
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Confession, penance, Sacrament of Confession, Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation, Sacrament of Reconciliation

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