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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)
Confessors
- noun - a priest who hears confession and gives absolution
- someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves)
Confiscate
- adjective - legally take possession of
- surrendered as a penalty
- take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
Confusable
- adjective - so similar as to be easily identified for another thing; "potentially confusable senses of words"; "easily mistakable signals"
Confusedly
- adverb - in a confused manner; "Queen Augusta wrote him an hysterical letter in which she confusedly sympathised with him"
Confusions
- noun - a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused
- a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions"
- a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw"
- an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended; "the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel"
- disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; "the army retreated in confusion"
Congesting
- verb - become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
Congestion
- noun - excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part
- excessive crowding; "traffic congestion"
Congestive
- adjective - relating to or affected by an abnormal collection of blood or other fluid; "congestive heart disease"