Confession Can Be

A prayer

To own up

Admission

Disclosure

To acknowledge

Acknowledgement

Telling God our sins

Acknowledging our sin

The opposite of denial

Godly sorrow for our sins

Acknowledging particular sins

A general acknowledgment of sin

Admitting that we have done something wrong

A necessary requirement for complete forgiveness

Acknowledgment or disclosure of sin or sinfulness

A statement made acknowledging guilt of an offense

A prerequisite to the offering of prayer for healing

Open declaration of guilt, failure, debt, accusation

The acknowledgment of our sins (sinfulness) or wrongs

To declare to be true, or to admit or assent to in words

A formal statement admitting that one is guilty of a crime

Admitting to God and ourselves the exact nature of our wrongs

The acknowledgment of a crime, fault or something to one's disadvantage

The open admittance of having done something (especially of something bad)

To own, acknowledge or avow, as a crime, a fault, a charge, a debt, or something that is against one's interest, or reputation