The open admittance of having done something (especially of something bad).
Without the real murderer's confession, an innocent person will go to jail.
(Roman Catholicism) the disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution.
Now termed the sacrament of reconciliation.
I went to Confession and now I feel much better about what I had done.
Gift it
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