Acknowledge+one's+sins
31blame — vb reprehend, reprobate, condemn, denounce, censure, *criticize Analogous words: *accuse, charge, indict, impeach: impute, attribute, *ascribe: implicate, *involve Contrasted words: exonerate, vindicate, *exculpate, absolve, acquit: * …
32confess — v. 1 a tr. (also absol.) acknowledge or admit (a fault, wrongdoing, etc.). b intr. (foll. by to) admit to (confessed to having lied). 2 tr. admit reluctantly (confessed it would be difficult). 3 a tr. (also absol.) declare (one s sins) to a… …
33Oath of office — Lyndon B. Johnson taking the presidential oath of office in 1963, after the assassination of John F. Kennedy An oath of office is an oath or affirmation a person takes before undertaking the duties of an office, usually a position in government… …
34Comparison of Nicene Creeds of 325 and 381 — The Nicene Creed was originally composed at the First Council of Nicaea in 325, and subsequently revised at the Second Ecumenical Council (the First Council of Constantinople) in 381. The following table displays side by side both forms of this… …
35confess — verb 1》 (often confess to/that) admit to a crime or wrongdoing. ↘acknowledge reluctantly: I must confess that I was surprised. 2》 declare one s sins formally to a priest. ↘(of a priest) hear the confession of. Origin ME: from OFr.… …
36confess — ► VERB 1) admit to a crime or wrongdoing. 2) acknowledge reluctantly. 3) declare one s sins formally to a priest. 4) (of a priest) hear the confession of. ORIGIN Old French confesser, from Latin confiteri acknowledge …
37Nicene Creed — 1. a formal statement of the chief tenets of Christian belief, adopted by the first Nicene Council. 2. a later creed of closely similar form (Niceno Constantinopolitan Creed or Constantinopolitan Creed) referred, perhaps erroneously, to the… …
38Credo — See Mass *** Credo in unum Deum, Patrem | I believe in one God, the Father omnipotentem, factorem caeli et | Almighty, maker of heaven and terrae, visibilium omnium et in | earth, and of all things visible visibilium. Et in unum… …
39answer — /ˈænsə / (say ansuh), /ˈan / (say ahn ) noun 1. a spoken or written reply to a question, request, letter, etc. 2. a reply or response in act: the answer was a volley of fire. 3. a reply to a charge or an accusation. 4. Law a pleading of facts by… …
40penitence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Contrition Nouns 1. penitence, contrition, compunction, repentance, remorse, regret. 2. self reproach, self reproof, self accusation, self condemnation, self humiliation; pangs, qualms, prickings, twinge …
