confession

As the song closes, she makes one last confession: “Everything fades away, except for you.”

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

It means a baptised follower is "out of communion" with the Church - meaning they cannot receive the sacraments, for example going to confession, or get married within the Roman Catholic Church.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

His conviction relied on a coerced confession, he told Rebin Rahmani of the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, a nonprofit group based in Paris, in a phone call that Rahmani recorded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

It was an anxiety-riddled confession, so more like, I’m so sorry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

Another last confession is that I was starting to shake uncontrollably.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

His successor, Pope Francis, had, starting in 2015, recognised the validity of confessions and marriages celebrated by the society's priests.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

But a federal appeals court overturned the verdict in 2025, finding the jury had received instructions about his confessions that “would have unquestionably impacted deliberations.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Presenters remarked that he would eek out personal confessions and emotional reactions from his guests through his skilful questioning.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

Jesse said that his and Ashley’s DMs had been flooded not only with messages of support but also dozens of confessions from strangers who had been through the same experience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

It lasted forever, like some weepy and endless made-for-TV movie—all the clinging, all the complaints, all the parking-lot confessions of “inadequacy” and “poor self-image,” all those banal sorrows.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt