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confessverb to make an acknowledgment of something unpleasant as true or validthe thief confessed to dozens of robberies admit, cop (to)(slang), fess (up), own (up) blab, talk, tattlebabble, spill clam up, hush, quiet (down), shut up to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantlypolitical prisoners, under threat of torture, forced to confess their guilt acknowledge, admit, agree, allow, concede, fess (up), grant, own (up to) disburden, unburden, unloadaffirm, avow, confirm, professaccept, recognize, yieldannounce, break, broadcast, communicate, declare, disclose, divulge, impart, proclaim, publish, reveal, spill, tell, unveilbetray, blab, expose, give away, inform, leak, rat, squeal, talk, tattle, tip (off), warn, wise (up)breathe, say, whisper come clean (about) deny disallow, disavow, disclaim, disowncontradict, dispute, gainsay, negate, negativerebut, refute, reject, repudiateconceal, cover (up), hide, obscure, veilkid (oneself) acknowledge, admit, own, avow, confess mean to disclose against one's will or inclination.acknowledge implies the disclosing of something that has been or might be concealed.acknowledged an earlier peccadillo admit implies reluctance to disclose, grant, or concede and refers usually to facts rather than their implications.admitted the project was over budget own implies acknowledging something in close relation to oneself.must own I know little about computers avow implies boldly declaring, often in the face of hostility, what one might be expected to be silent about.avowed that he was a revolutionary confess may apply to an admission of a weakness, failure, omission, or guilt.confessed a weakness for sweets in the 14th century |