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- | A '''confession''' is a statement made by a person or a group of people acknowledging some personal fact that the person | + | A '''confession''' is a [[statement]] made by a person or a group of people acknowledging some personal fact that the person |
- | (or the group) would prefer to keep hidden. The term is generally associated with an admission of a moral or legal wrong. A [[Confession (law)|legal confession]] is an admission of some wrongdoing that has legal consequence, while a [[Confession (religion)|confession in religion]] is usually more akin to a [[ritual]] by which the person acknowledges thoughts or actions considered [[sin]]ful or morally wrong within the confines of the confessor's religion. Socially, however, the term may refer to admissions that are neither legally nor religiously significant. | + | (or the group) would prefer to keep [[hidden]]. The term is generally associated with an [[admission]] of a moral or legal [[wrong]]. A [[Confession (law)|legal confession]] is an admission of some wrongdoing that has legal consequence, while a [[Confession (religion)|confession in religion]] is usually more akin to a [[ritual]] by which the person acknowledges thoughts or actions considered [[sin]]ful or morally wrong within the confines of the confessor's religion. Socially, however, the term may refer to admissions that are neither legally nor religiously significant. |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Deathbed confession]] | *[[Deathbed confession]] |
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A confession is a statement made by a person or a group of people acknowledging some personal fact that the person (or the group) would prefer to keep hidden. The term is generally associated with an admission of a moral or legal wrong. A legal confession is an admission of some wrongdoing that has legal consequence, while a confession in religion is usually more akin to a ritual by which the person acknowledges thoughts or actions considered sinful or morally wrong within the confines of the confessor's religion. Socially, however, the term may refer to admissions that are neither legally nor religiously significant.
See also
Namesakes
- The Compulsion to Confess by Theodor Reik
- Confessions of a Window Cleaner
- Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
- Confessions of a Swedish Butler
- The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
- Confessions of a Mask
- Confessions of a Cultist: On the Cinema, 1955-1969
- Confessions of Zeno
- Confessions (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
- Confessions (St. Augustine)
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