Confessing

//kənˈfɛsɪŋ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of making a confession.

    "He further urged the advantage of keeping alive in the hearts of the people the necessity for appeasing the divine wrath by prayers in the churches, processions, frequent confessings […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of confess form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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concedeconcedeabsolveacceptaccount foraccredit

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"There is no need to be ashamed of confessing one's mistakes."

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