5
absolution(forfeit, forgiveness, reparation, retribution, self-punishment)
5
acceptance(noun, understanding, respect, credit, recognition)
5
admitting(noun, recognition, acceptance, assent, confessing)
5
persuasion(noun, religion, system, belief, principle)
5
religion(noun, religion, system, belief, principle)
5
repentance(noun, interjection, forfeit, forgiveness, absolution)
4
creed(noun, religion, system, belief, principle)
4
denomination(noun, religion, system, belief, principle)
4
faith(noun, religion, system, belief, principle)
4
acknowledgement
4
penitence(noun, forfeit, forgiveness, reparation, absolution)
4
sacrament(service, rite, catholic sacrament)
4
unbosoming(noun, revelation, admission, concession, admittance)
3
advertisement(noun, leak, revelation, disclosure)
3
announcement(noun, statement, leak, revelation, disclosure)
3
atonement(noun, excuse, regret, rite, forfeit)
3
autobiography(noun, account, story, history, letter)
3
breast-beating(noun, penitence)
3
confess
3
divulgence(noun, weakness, experience, contact, story)
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