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'''Confession''' is the admission of guilt for forgiveness of sin. To be effective, it is typically expressed to another, usually a cleryman for absolution by him. All mortal sins are expressed to obtain full forgiveness, while not all venial (lesser) sins need be expressed. {{fact}}
Confession is usually made in a confidential manner, and clergymen are duty-bound never to disclose a confession. Numerous legal protections also respect this confidentiality in the very rare instance of an attempt to force disclosure.
Confessing one's sins - and performing a prescribed [[penance]] - is an important sacrament in the [[Roman Catholic]] faith.
==Alternate Definitions==
Confession in a secular sense is any admission of a wrongdoing, written or spoken.<ref>http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=confession</ref>
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