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noun 
  1. The act of going to or hearing a religious confession.
  2. Confession to a priest.
  3. (obsolete) Forgiveness given by a priest after confession.
    • circa 1594 CE: William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
    • : (Friar:) Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift. / Riddling confession finds but riddling .
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