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Acknowledgedly :: Acknowledgedly (adv.) Confessedly.

Confession :: Confession (n.) Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.

Symbolism :: Symbolics (n.) that branch of historic theology which treats of creeds and confessions of faith; symbolism; -- called also symbolic.

Shrive :: Shrive (v. t.) To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the agent.

Confessor :: Confessor (n.) A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution.

Approvement :: Approvement (n.) a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States..

Confession :: Confession (n.) The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution.

Render :: Render (v. i.) To give an account; to make explanation or confession.

Confessionalist :: Confessionalist (n.) A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession..

Confitent :: Confitent (n.) One who confesses his sins and faults.

Shriving :: Shriving (n.) Shrift; confession.

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc. Its chief is a cardinal, called the Grand Penitentiary, appointed by the pope..

Profess :: Profess (v. i.) To take a profession upon one's self by a public declaration; to confess.

Beknow :: Beknow (v. t.) To confess; to acknowledge.

Criminal :: Criminal (n.) One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon..

Squeak :: Squeak (v. i.) To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess.

Confessor :: Confessor (n.) One who confesses; one who acknowledges a fault, or the truth of a charge, at the risk of suffering; specifically, one who confesses himself a follower of Christ and endures persecution for his faith..

Profess :: Profess (v. t.) To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely..

Confessary :: Confessary (n.) One who makes a confession.

Hide :: Hide (v. t.) To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.

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