(historical) A confession (somewhat similar to a denomination) of Russian Old Believers, which split from the Filippians in the second half of the 18th century.

(Canada, US, law enforcement slang) A person who falsely confesses to a crime.

plural of confessing Sam

plural of confession booth

(Internet) a social networking platform for posting anonymous confessions and secrets, especially in school and university communities

(Christianity, historical) A movement within German Protestantism during Nazi Germany that arose in opposition to government-sponsored efforts to unify all Protestant churches into a single pro-Nazi German Evangelical Church.

By confessing to one's own faults, one will begin to make amends.

Statistics can be manipulated to support any conclusion.

(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of confess