[{"word":"confessions","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Without the real murderer's confession, an innocent person will go to jail."},{"definition":"A formal document providing such an admission.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He forced me to sign a confession!"},{"definition":"The disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is now termed the sacrament of reconciliation.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I went to confession and now I feel much better about what I had done."},{"definition":"Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/confession","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/confessions"]}]