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Conferring
- verb - consults
- have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action"
- present; "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an honor on someone"
Confessing
- verb - admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money"
- confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
- confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith
- own up
Confession
- 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
- a public declaration of your faith
- a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
- an admission of misdeeds or faults
- the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)
Confirming
- verb - administer the rite of confirmation to; "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
- indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen; "a positive pregnancy test"
- make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!"
- serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence"
- strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"
- support a person for a position; "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"
Conflating
- verb - mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
Conflation
- - A blowing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.
Conforming
- verb - adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
- adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion)
- be similar, be in line with
Conformism
- noun - orthodoxy in thoughts and belief
Conformist
- adjective - adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion)
- marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles; "underneath the radical image teenagers are surprisingly conformist"
- someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters)
Conformity
- noun - acting according to certain accepted standards; "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices"
- concurrence of opinion; "we are in accord with your proposal"
- correspondence in form or appearance
- hardened conventionality
- orthodoxy in thoughts and belief