Confession

Pronunciation: /kənˈfɛʃən/

Confession (noun)

  1. a statement admitting you did something wrong or illegal
  2. a religious practice where a person tells their sins to a priest
  3. telling someone a secret or personal information

Examples

  • The confession helped solve the case.
  • Her confession was recorded by the police.

Common collocations: make a confession, obtain a confession, written confession, go to confession, hear a confession

Synonyms of Confession

Formal

Neutral

Informal

Antonyms of Confession

  • refusal to admit the truth