Definition of confession

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • confession is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 15
  • confession is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 15
  • confession is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 18

Definition of confession


  • an admission of misdeeds or faults (noun)
  • a public declaration of your faith (noun)
  • a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party (noun)
  • (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution (noun)
  • the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century) (noun)

See definition of confession in Merriam Webster