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confession (n.)

acknowledgement, avowal

Ham IV.vii.94	[Claudius to Laertes, of Lamord] He made confession of you
TC I.iii.269	[Aeneas to Agamemnon, of Hector's challenge] If there be one ... / That loves his mistress more than in confession [i.e. more than by words alone]