confession

英[kən'feʃ(ə)n] 美[kən'fɛʃən]

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)