To Confess
<div class="def-set"><span class="def-number"><span class="oneClick-link">1.</span></span>
<div class="def-content"><span class="oneClick-link">to</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">acknowledge</span> <span class="oneClick-link">or</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">avow</span> <span class="oneClick-link">(a</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">fault,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">crime,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">misdeed,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">weakness,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">etc.)</span> <span class="oneClick-link">by</span><span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">way</span> <span class="oneClick-link">of</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">revelation.</span></div>
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<div class="def-set"><span class="def-number"><span class="oneClick-link">2.</span></span>
<div class="def-content"><span class="oneClick-link">to</span> <span class="oneClick-link">own</span> <span class="oneClick-link">or</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">admit</span> <span class="oneClick-link">as</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">true.</span></div>
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<div class="def-set"><span class="def-number"><span class="oneClick-link">3.</span></span>
<div class="def-content"><span class="oneClick-link">to</span> <span class="oneClick-link">declare</span> <span class="oneClick-link">or</span> <span class="oneClick-link">acknowledge</span> <span class="oneClick-link">(one's</span> <span class="oneClick-link">sins),</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">especially</span> <span class="oneClick-link">to</span> <span class="oneClick-link">God</span> <span class="oneClick-link">or</span> <span class="oneClick-link">a</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">priest</span> <span class="oneClick-link">in</span><span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">order</span> <span class="oneClick-link">to</span> <span class="oneClick-link">obtain</span> <span class="oneClick-link">absolution.</span></div>
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<div class="def-set"><span class="def-number"><span class="oneClick-link">4.</span></span>
<div class="def-content"><span class="oneClick-link">(of</span> <span class="oneClick-link">a</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">priest)</span> <span class="oneClick-link">to</span> <span class="oneClick-link">hear</span> <span class="oneClick-link">the</span> <a class="dbox-xref dbox-roman" href="http://www.dictionary.com/browse/confession">confession</a> <span class="oneClick-link">of</span> <span class="oneClick-link">(a</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">person).</span></div>
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<div class="def-set"><span class="def-number"><span class="oneClick-link">5.</span></span>
<div class="def-content"><span class="oneClick-link">to</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">acknowledge</span> <span class="oneClick-link">one's</span> <span class="oneClick-link">belief</span> <span class="oneClick-link">or</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">faith</span> <span class="oneClick-link">in;</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">declare</span> <span class="oneClick-link">adherence</span> <span class="oneClick-link">to.</span></div>
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<div class="def-set"><span class="def-number"><span class="oneClick-link">6.</span></span>
<div class="def-content"><span class="oneClick-link">to</span> <span class="oneClick-link">reveal</span> <span class="oneClick-link">by</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">circumstances.</span></div>
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<div class="def-set"><span class="def-number"><span class="oneClick-link">7.</span></span>
<div class="def-content"><span class="oneClick-link">to</span> <span class="oneClick-link">make</span> <span class="oneClick-link">confession</span> <span class="oneClick-link">plead</span> <span class="oneClick-link">guilty</span><span class="dbox-example"><span class="oneClick-link">e.</span></span></div>
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<div class="def-set"><span class="def-number"><span class="oneClick-link">8.</span></span>
<div class="def-content"><span class="oneClick-link">to</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">make</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">confession</span> <span class="oneClick-link">of</span> <span class="oneClick-link">sins,</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">especially</span> <span class="oneClick-link">to</span> <span class="oneClick-link">a</span> <span class="oneClick-link">priest.</span></div>
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<div class="def-set"><span class="def-number"><span class="oneClick-link">9.</span></span>
<div class="def-content"><span class="oneClick-link">(of</span> <span class="oneClick-link">a</span> <span class="oneClick-link">priest)</span> <span class="oneClick-link">to</span> <span class="oneClick-link">hear</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">confession.</span></div>
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