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   con·fes·sion·al

   /kənˈfeSH(ə)nəl/

   noun

   • 1. an enclosed stall in a church divided by a screen or curtain in which a priest sits to hear people confess their sins: "the secrets of the confessional"
   • 2. an admission or acknowledgment that one has done something that one is ashamed or embarrassed about; a confession: "tabloid confessionals"

   adjective

   • 1. (especially of speech or writing) in which a person reveals or admits to private thoughts or past incidents, especially ones that cause shame or embarrassment: "the autobiography is remarkably confessional"
   • ▪ relating to religious confession: "the priest leaned forward in his best confessional manner"
   • 2. relating to confessions of faith or doctrinal systems: "the confessional approach to religious education"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as an adjective): the adjective from confession + -al; the noun via French from Italian confessionale, from medieval Latin, neuter of confessionalis, from Latin confessio(n-), from confiteri ‘acknowledge’ (see confess).

   Derivatives

   • 1. confessionally adverb

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