acknowledgment; avowal; admission

a confession of incompetence.

acknowledgment or disclosure of sin or sinfulness, esp. to a priest to obtain absolution.

something that is confessed.

a formal, usually written, acknowledgment of guilt by a person accused of a crime.

Also called confession of faith. a formal profession of belief and acceptance of doctrines, as before being admitted to church membership.

the tomb of a martyr or confessor or the altar or shrine connected with it.

noun

concealment , cover , denial , disavowal , secret

noun

acknowledgment , admission , affirmation , allowance , assenting , assertion , avowal , concession , declaration , disclosing , disclosure , divulgence , enumeration , expos , exposure , making public , narration , owning up , proclamation , profession , publication , recitation , relation , revealing , revelation , song * , squawk * , squeal * , statement , story , telling , unbosoming , utterancenotes:admission falls short of an acknowledgment of all elements of a crime - which would be a confession , creed , denomination , faith , persuasion , sect , communion , confiteor , exomologesis , mea culpa , peccavi , penance , penitent , shrift , shrive