confessing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈfɛsɪŋ/

Verb

confessing

1. present participle and gerund of confess

Noun

confessing (plural confessings)

1. The act of making a confession.
   • 1871, William Gilbert, The Struggle in Ferrara: A Story of the Reformation in Italy, page 100:

     He further urged the advantage of keeping alive in the hearts of the people the necessity for appeasing the divine wrath by prayers in the churches, processions, frequent confessings […]