WordNet: confession

(Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution

• domain: topic Church of Rome, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church

• hypernym penance

• hyponym shrift

confession

• (englanti) confess (derivationally related)
• (suomi) rippi (synonyymi)

• (suomi) synnintunnustus (synonyymi)