The acknowledgment of a crime, fault or something to one’s disadvantage; open declaration of guilt, failure, debt, accusation. With the mouth confession is made to. salvation. Romans 10:10.

Avowal; the act of acknowledging; profession. Who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession. 7 Timothy 6:13.

The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest; the disburdening of the conscience privately to a confessor; sometimes called auricular confession.

A formulary in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission into a church.

The acknowledgment of a debt by a debtor before a justice of the peace, on which judgment is entered and execution issued.