Synonyms for confession

noun

1. The act of confessing

   concession, acknowledgment, admission, allowance, owning to, owning up*, revelation, revealing, disclosure, divulgence, publication, affirmation, assertion, unbosoming, utterance, vent, declaration, telling, relation, avowal, exposure, recitation, narration, exposé, acknowledgment of guilt, avowal of error, admission of guilt, admission of fault, proclamation, making public; see also acknowledgment 1.

   Antonyms concealment, denial*, disclaimer.

2. That which has been confessed

   statement, disclosure, profession; see admission 4, declaration 1.

3. A sacrament

   penance, absolution, contrition, repentance; see penance 2, sacrament.