confession
英 [k?n'fe?(?)n]
美[k?n'f???n]
- n. 懺悔，告解；供認
英英釋意
- 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. a document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)