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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)
Congealing
- verb - become gelatinous; "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme"
Congenator
- noun - an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
Congeneric
- adjective - an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
- belonging to the same genus
Congenital
- adjective - present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development
Conger Eel
- noun -
- large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food
Congesting
- verb - become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"