confession
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an admission of misdeeds or faults
Types & categories
- admission hypernym
- self-accusation hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
Types & categories
- document hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
(Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- confess derivation
- Western Church domain topic
Sense 4 noun
a public declaration of your faith
Types & categories
- declaration hypernym
Sense 5 noun
the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)
Types & categories
- religious doctrine hypernym
- Augsburg Confession instance hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | concede |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | confess |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | admission |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | self-accusation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | concede |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | confess |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | document |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | confess |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | Western Church |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | penance |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | shrift |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | declaration |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | religious doctrine |
| 5 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Augsburg Confession |