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| mea culpa(noun, interjection, excuse, regret) | |
| owning up(noun, revelation, admission, concession) | |
| declaration of faith(idiom, theology) | |
| invocation of saints(idiom, rite) | |
| telling of beads(idiom, rite) | |
| admission of guilt(idiom, excuse, regret, self-incrimination) | |
| article of faith(idiom, faith, doctrine, theology) | |
| blow by blow(idiom, report, account, picture) | |
| confession of faith | |
| giving in(grant, yielding, allowance, indulgence) | |
| kiss of peace | |
| laying open(noun, weakness, experience, contact) | |
| making public(noun, revelation, admission, concession) | |
| reciting the rosary | |
| rite of confession | |
| sackcloth and ashes(idiom, rite, forfeit, forgiveness) | |
| acknowledgment of error(idiom, interjection) | |
| act of contrition(idiom, excuse, regret) | |
| administer extreme unction(idiom, rite) | |
| administer holy penance(idiom, rite) |
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