confession A confession is a statement – made by a person or by a group of people – acknowledging some personal fact that the person (or the group) would ostensibly prefer to keep hidden. The term presumes that the speaker is providing information that ...

is an acknowledgement of fact by one who would have otherwise preferred to keep that fact hidden. Confession may also refer to:

Law

Confession (law) In the law of criminal evidence, a confession is a statement by a suspect in crime which is adverse to that person. Some secondary authorities, such as Black's Law Dictionary, define a confession in more narrow terms, ''e.g.'' as "a statement ad ...

, a statement by a suspect in crime which is adverse to that person

Religion

Confession (religion) Confession, in many religions, is the acknowledgment of sinful thoughts and actions. This is performed directly to a deity or to fellow people. It is often seen as a required action of repentance and a necessary precursor to penance and aton ...

, the acknowledgment of one's sinfulness or wrongdoings **

Confession (Judaism) In Judaism, confession () is a step in the process of atonement during which a Jew admits to committing a sin before God. In sins between a Jew and God, the confession must be done without others present (The Talmud calls confession in front of ano ...

Confession (Lutheran Church) In the Lutheran Church, Confession (also called Holy Absolution) is the method given by Christ to the Church by which individual men and women may receive the forgiveness of sins; according to the Large Catechism, the "third sacrament" of Holy ...

Sacrament of Penance The Sacrament of Penance (also commonly called the Sacrament of Reconciliation or Confession) is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church (known in Eastern Christianity as sacred mysteries), in which the faithful are absolved from si ...

, during which Catholics confess their sins *

Creed A creed, also known as a confession of faith, a symbol, or a statement of faith, is a statement of the shared beliefs of a community (often a religious community) which summarizes its core tenets. Many Christian denominations use three creeds ...

, also known as a confession of faith *

Confessionalism (religion) In Christianity, confessionalism is a belief in the importance of Confessional subscription, full and unambiguous assent to the whole of a movement's or denomination's teachings, such as those found in Confessions of Faith, which followers believe ...

, assent to the whole of a movement's or denomination's teachings

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''The Confession'' (1920 film), an American film directed by Bertram Bracken * ''Confession'' (1929 film), an American film directed by Lionel Barrymore * ''Confession'' (1937 film), an American remake of the 1935 German film ''Mazurka'' * ''Confession'' (1955 film), a British film by Ken Hughes * ''The Confession'' (1964 film), a film by William Dieterle * ''The Confession'' (1970 film), a French-Italian film by Costa-Gavras * ''The Confession'' (1999 film), an American drama starring Ben Kingsley * ''The Confession'' (2002 film), a Turkish drama * ''The Confession'' (2010 film), a British short film by Tanel Toom * ''Confession'' (2014 film), a South Korean film starring Ji Sung * ''Confession'' (2015 film), a South Korean film starring Kim Young-ho * ''The Confession'' (2013 film), a Hallmark Channel TV movie * ''Confession'' (2022 film), a South Korean mystery thriller film

Literature

* "Confession", a 12th-century Latin poem attributed to the

Archpoet The Archpoet ( 1130 – c. 1165), or (in Latin and German), Jeep 2001: 21. is the name given to an anonymous 12th-century author of ten medieval Latin poems, the most famous being his "Confession" found in the manuscript (under CB 191). Along ...

* ''Confession'' (Bakunin), an 1851 autobiographical work by Mikhail Bakunin * ''Confession'' (Leo Tolstoy), an 1882 short work on religion by Leo Tolstoy * ''A Confession'' (Gorky), a 1908 novel by Maxim Gorky * ''The Confession'' (novel), a 2010 novel by John Grisham * ''The Confession'', a 2004 novel by

Olen Steinhauer Olen Steinhauer (born June 21, 1970 in Baltimore) is an American writer of spy fiction novels, including '' The Tourist'', part of the Milo Weaver series, and the Yalta Boulevard Sequence. Steinhauer also created the TV series '' Berlin Station' ...

Music

Bands

Confession (band) Confession are an Australian metalcore band from Melbourne. The band was formed in 2008 by frontman Michael Crafter, who is best known as the former lead vocalist of metalcore bands I Killed the Prom Queen, Carpathian and Bury Your Dead. ...

, an Australian hardcore/metalcore band *

The Confession (band) The Confession was an American heavy metal band from Dana Point, California. Shortly after their formation in 2005, they went on to tour with such bands as Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet for My Valentine and Megadeth and were slotted on Rockstar's ...

, an American heavy metal music group

Albums

* ''Confession'' (Ill Niño album), 2003 * ''Confession'' (Pets Tseng album), 2019

Songs

* "Confession" (Florida Georgia Line song), 2015 * "Confession" (Louise song), 2025 * "Confession", by Coldrain from '' The Enemy Inside'' * "Confession", by Collective Soul from ''

See What You Started by Continuing ''See What You Started by Continuing'' is the ninth studio album by American rock band Collective Soul. It was released on October 2, 2015, by Vanguard Records. The album represents a return to the classic guitar-driven rock sound that the band ...

'' * "Confession", by Gary Numan from '' Outland'' * "Confession", by Lagwagon from ''

Double Plaidinum ''Double Plaidinum'' is the fourth album by Lagwagon, released in 1997. It was their first album without the original line-up, as guitarist Shawn Dewey and drummer Derrick Plourde left the band before the recording sessions began. Ken Stringfello ...

'' * "Confession", by Samantha Fox from ''

I Wanna Have Some Fun ''I Wanna Have Some Fun'' is the third studio album by English singer Samantha Fox. It was released in November 1988 by Jive Records. The album features production from previous collaborators Full Force, Stock Aitken Waterman, Steve Power and Ste ...

'' * "Confession", by Toby Fox, a track from

the soundtrack A soundtrack is a recorded audio signal accompanying and synchronised to the images of a book, drama, motion picture, radio program, television program, or video game; colloquially, a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured ...

of the 2015 video game ''Undertale'' * "Confession", by Uriah Heep from '' High and Mighty'' * "Confession", by MacKenzie Porter from '' Nobody's Born with a Broken Heart'' * "Confession I", and "Confession II", by Shinhwa from '' Winter Story'' * "The Confession", by Laura Nyro from '' Eli and the Thirteenth Confession''

Television/web series

Series

* ''Confession'' (American TV series), a 1958–1959 American television series * ''Confession'' (South Korean TV series), a 2019 South Korean television series * ''Confession'' (miniseries), a 1998 Russian documentary miniseries * ''A Confession'' (TV series), a 2019 British television series * ''The Confession'' (TV series), a 2011 web-series produced by and starring Kiefer Sutherland

Episodes

* "Confession" (''Death Note'' episode), an episode of ''Death Note'' * "Confession" (''Law & Order''), a 1991 episode of ''Law & Order'' * "The Confession" (''Alias''), an episode of ''Alias'' * "The Confession" (''House''), a 2011 episode of ''House'' * "The Confession" (''The Borgias''), second-season finale episode of the historical drama ''The Borgias'' * The Confession (Friday Night Lights), an episode of the TV series Friday Night Lights

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Confession'' (radio program), a 1953 summer replacement program for ''Dragnet'' on NBC * Confession album or confession book, a kind of formulaic autograph book

Law