confession A confession is a statement – made by a person or by a group of persons – acknowledging some personal fact that the person (or the group) would ostensibly prefer to keep hidden. The term presumes that the speaker is providing information th ...

is an acknowledgement of fact by one who would have otherwise preferred to keep that fact hidden. Confession may also refer to:

Law

Confession (law) In the law of criminal evidence, a confession is a statement by a suspect in crime which is adverse to that person. Some secondary authorities, such as Black's Law Dictionary, define a confession in more narrow terms, ''e.g.'' as "a statement adm ...

, a statement by a suspect in crime which is adverse to that person

Religion

* Confession (religion), the acknowledgment of one's sinfulness or wrongdoings ** Confession (Judaism) **

Confession (Lutheran Church) In the Lutheran Church, Confession (also called Holy Absolution) is the method given by Christ to the Church by which individual men and women may receive the forgiveness of sins; according to the Large Catechism, the "third sacrament" of Holy ...

Sacrament of Penance The Sacrament of Penance (also commonly called the Sacrament of Reconciliation or Confession) is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church (known in Eastern Christianity as sacred mysteries), in which the faithful are absolved from si ...

, during which Catholics confess their sins * Creed, also known as a confession of faith *

Confessionalism (religion) Confessionalism, in a religious (and particularly Christian) sense, is a belief in the importance of full and unambiguous assent to the whole of a religious teaching. Confessionalists believe that differing interpretations or understandings, espec ...

, assent to the whole of a movement's or denomination's teachings

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''The Confession'' (1920 film), an American film directed by Bertram Bracken * ''Confession'' (1929 film), an American film directed by Lionel Barrymore * ''Confession'' (1937 film), an American remake of the 1935 German film ''Mazurka'' * ''Confession'' (1955 film), a British film by Ken Hughes * ''The Confession'' (1964 film), a film by William Dieterle * ''The Confession'' (1970 film), a French-Italian film by Costa-Gavras * ''The Confession'' (1999 film), an American drama starring Ben Kingsley * ''The Confession'' (2002 film), a Turkish drama * ''The Confession'' (2010 film), a British short film by Tanel Toom * ''Confession'' (2014 film), a South Korean film starring Ji Sung * ''Confession'' (2015 film), a South Korean film starring Kim Young-ho * ''The Confession'' (2013 film), a Hallmark Channel TV movie * ''Confession'' (2022 film), a South Korean mystery thriller film

Literature

* "Confession", a 12th-century Latin poem attributed to the

Archpoet The Archpoet ( 1130 – c. 1165), or (in Latin and German), Jeep 2001: 21. is the name given to an anonymous 12th-century author of ten medieval Latin poems, the most famous being his "Confession" found in the manuscript (under CB 191). Along ...

* ''Confession'' (Bakunin), an 1851 autobiographical work by Mikhail Bakunin * ''Confession'' (Leo Tolstoy), an 1882 short work on religion by Leo Tolstoy * ''A Confession'' (Gorky), a 1908 novel by Maxim Gorky * ''The Confession'' (novel), a 2010 novel by John Grisham * ''The Confession'', a 2004 novel by

Olen Steinhauer Olen Steinhauer (born June 21, 1970 in Baltimore) is an American writer of spy fiction novels, including '' The Tourist'', part of the Milo Weaver series, and the Yalta Boulevard Sequence. Steinhauer also created the TV series '' Berlin Station ...

Music

Bands

Confession (band) Confession are an Australian metalcore band from Melbourne. The band was formed in 2008 by frontman Michael Crafter, who is best known as A lifelong Port Adelaide Football Club Member and the former lead vocalist of metalcore bands I Killed ...

, an Australian hardcore/metalcore band *

The Confession (band) The Confession was an American heavy metal band from Dana Point, California. Shortly after their formation in 2005, they went on to tour with such bands as Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet for My Valentine and Megadeth and were slotted on Rockstar ...

, an American heavy metal music group

Albums

* ''Confession'' (Ill Niño album), 2003 * ''Confession'' (Pets Tseng album), 2019

Songs

* "Confession" (song), by Florida Georgia Line * "Confession", by Collective Soul from ''

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'' * "Confession", by Gary Numan from ''Outland (Gary Numan album), Outland'' * "Confession", by Lagwagon from ''Double Plaidinum'' * "Confession", by Samantha Fox from ''I Wanna Have Some Fun'' * "Confession", by Toby Fox, a track from Undertale Soundtrack, the soundtrack of the 2015 video game ''Undertale'' * "Confession", by Uriah Heep from ''High and Mighty (album), High and Mighty'' * "Confession I", and "Confession II", by Shinhwa from ''Winter Story (Shinhwa album), Winter Story'' * "The Confession", by Laura Nyro from ''Eli and the Thirteenth Confession''

Television/web series

Series

* Confession (American TV series), ''Confession'' (American TV series), a 1958–1959 American television series * Confession (South Korean TV series), ''Confession'' (South Korean TV series), a 2019 South Korean television series * Confession (miniseries), ''Confession'' (miniseries), a 1998 Russian documentary miniseries * A Confession (TV series), ''A Confession'' (TV series), a 2019 British television series * The Confession (TV series), ''The Confession'' (TV series), a 2011 web-series produced by and starring Kiefer Sutherland

Episodes

* Confession (Death Note episode), "Confession" (''Death Note'' episode), an episode of ''Death Note'' * Confession (Law & Order), "Confession" (''Law & Order''), a 1991 episode of ''Law & Order'' * The Confession (Alias), "The Confession" (''Alias''), an episode of ''Alias'' * The Confession (House), "The Confession" (''House''), a 2011 episode of ''House'' * The Confession (The Borgias), "The Confession" (''The Borgias''), second-season finale episode of the historical drama ''The Borgias''

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* Confession (radio program), ''Confession'' (radio program), a 1953 summer replacement program for ''Dragnet'' on NBC * Confession album or confession book, a kind of formulaic autograph book

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