1. (noun) an admission of misdeeds or faults

• admission

2. (noun) a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party

• document
• papers
• written document

3. (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution

• penance

4. (noun) a public declaration of your faith

• declaration

5. (noun) the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)

• church doctrine
• creed
• gospel
• religious doctrine

1. (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution

• church of rome
• roman catholic
• roman catholic church
• roman church
• western church

1. (noun) an admission of misdeeds or faults

• self-accusation
• self-condemnation

2. (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution

• shrift

1. (noun) an admission of misdeeds or faults

• concede
• confess
• profess
• confess
• fink
• squeal

2. (noun) a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party

• concede
• confess
• profess
• confess
• fink
• squeal

3. (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution

• confess