Confession Synonyms and Antonyms

kən-fĕshən
The act of confessing
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. acknowledgment
  2. admission
  3. avowal
  4. assertion
  5. disclosure
  6. revelation
  7. concession
  8. allowance
  9. owning to
  10. owning up
  11. revealing
  12. divulgence
  13. publication
  14. affirmation
  15. unbosoming
  16. utterance
  17. vent
  18. declaration
  19. telling
  20. relation
  21. communion
  22. exposure
  23. confiteor
  24. recitation
  25. narration
  26. creed
  27. exposé
  28. acknowledgment of guilt
  29. avowal of error
  30. admission of guilt
  31. exomologesis
  32. admission of fault
  33. mea culpa
  34. proclamation
  35. making public
  36. peccavi
  37. expose
  38. penance
  39. penitent
  40. profession
  41. shrift
  42. shrive
  43. statement
Antonyms:
  1. concealment
  2. denial
  3. disclaimer
That which has been confessed
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. statement
  2. disclosure
  3. profession

Words Related to Confession

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Confession Sentence Examples

  • The confession consisted of forty articles.

  • Startled by the confession, Jessi rested her elbows on the table and leaned forward.

  • His so-called deathbed confession is not genuine.

  • The Confession, written towards the end of his life, gives a general account of his career.

  • In the Greek Church confession has become obligatory and habitual.

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