<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Acknowledgment; avowal; admission: a confession of incompetence.</li><li>Acknowledgment or disclosure of sin or sinfulness, especially to a priest to obtain absolution.</li><li>Something that is confessed.</li><li>A formal, usually written, acknowledgment of guilt by a person accused of a crime.</li><li>Also called confession of faith: a formal profession of belief and acceptance of doctrines, as before being admitted to church membership.</li><li>The tomb of a martyr or confessor or the altar or shrine connected with it.</li></ul>