confessing

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/kənˈfɛsɪŋ/

noun

The act of making a confession.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of confess
nounconfessing (plural confessings)

plural confessings

  1. The act of making a confession.

    He further urged the advantage of keeping alive in the hearts of the people the necessity for appeasing the divine wrath by prayers in the churches, processions, frequent confessings […]

    1871, William Gilbert, The Struggle in Ferrara: A Story of the Reformation in Italy, page 100
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Chicago

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