A confession is an acknowledgement of fact by one who would have otherwise preferred to keep that fact hidden.
Confession may also refer to:
Law Confession (law), a statement by a suspect in crime which is adverse to that person
Religion Confession (religion), the acknowledgment of one's sinfulness or wrongdoings Confession (Judaism) Confession (Lutheran Church) Sacrament of Penance, during which Catholics confess their sins Creed, also known as a confession of faith Confessionalism (religion), assent to the whole of a movement's or denomination's teachings Confessing Movement, conservative Christian movement within mainline Protestant churches Confessio, Saint Patrick § Confessio, a declaration written by Saint Patrick as a defence against detractors
Arts, entertainment, and media
Films The Confession (1920 film), an American film directed by Bertram Bracken Confession (1929 film), an American film directed by Lionel Barrymore Confession (1937 film), an American remake of the 1935 German film Mazurka Confession (1955 film), a British film by Ken Hughes The Confession (1964 film), a film by William Dieterle The Confession (1970 film), a French-Italian film by Costa-Gavras The Confession (1999 film), an American drama starring Ben Kingsley The Confession (2002 film), a Turkish drama The Confession (2010 film), a British short film by Tanel Toom Confession (2014 film), a South Korean film starring Ji Sung Confession (2015 film), a South Korean film starring Kim Young-ho The Confession (2013 film), a Hallmark Channel TV movie Confession (2022 film), a South Korean mystery thriller film
Literature "Confession", a 12th-century Latin poem attributed to the Archpoet Confession (Bakunin), an 1851 autobiographical work by Mikhail Bakunin Confession (Leo Tolstoy), an 1882 short work on religion by Leo Tolstoy A Confession (Gorky), a 1908 novel by Maxim Gorky The Confession (novel), a 2010 novel by John Grisham The Confession, a 2004 novel by Olen Steinhauer
Music Bands Confession (band), an Australian hardcore/metalcore band The Confession (band), an American heavy metal music group
Albums Confession (Ill Niño album), 2003 Confession (Pets Tseng album), 2019
Songs "Confession" (Florida Georgia Line song), 2015 "Confession" (Louise song), 2025 "Confession", by Coldrain from The Enemy Inside "Confession", by Collective Soul from See What You Started by Continuing "Confession", by Gary Numan from Outland "Confession", by Lagwagon from Double Plaidinum "Confession", by Samantha Fox from I Wanna Have Some Fun "Confession", by Toby Fox, a track from the soundtrack of the 2015 video game Undertale "Confession", by Uriah Heep from High and Mighty "Confession", by MacKenzie Porter from Nobody's Born with a Broken Heart "Confession I", and "Confession II", by Shinhwa from Winter Story "The Confession", by Laura Nyro from Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
Television/web series Series Confession (American TV series), a 1958–1959 American television series Confession (South Korean TV series), a 2019 South Korean television series Confession (miniseries), a 1998 Russian documentary miniseries A Confession (TV series), a 2019 British television series The Confession (TV series), a 2011 web-series produced by and starring Kiefer Sutherland
Episodes "Confession" (Death Note episode), an episode of Death Note "Confession" (Law & Order), a 1991 episode of Law & Order "The Confession" (Alias), an episode of Alias "The Confession" (House), a 2011 episode of House "The Confession" (The Borgias), second-season finale episode of the historical drama The Borgias The Confession (Friday Night Lights), an episode of the TV series Friday Night Lights Confession (Playhouse 90), an American television play
Other arts, entertainment, and media Confession (radio program), a 1953 summer replacement program for Dragnet on NBC Confession album or confession book, a kind of formulaic autograph book
See also Absolution (disambiguation) Confess (disambiguation) Confessions (disambiguation) Confessor (disambiguation) Declaration of love