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admitverb to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantlythe host of the talk show eventually admitted that she hadn't actually read the book you can't bring yourself to admit your mistakes acknowledge, agree, allow, concede, confess, 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) to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) toshe was admitted to Harvard enter, receive, take entertain, welcomefellowshipconfirm, ratify ban, bar decline, disallow, disapprove, dismiss, refuse, rejectblackball, blacklist, ostracizebanish, deport, exile, expel, oust, throw out to make an acknowledgment of something unpleasant as true or validI admit to some suspicions about the new neighbors confess, cop (to)(slang), fess (up), own (up) blab, talk, tattlebabble, spill clam up, hush, quiet (down), shut up 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 15th century |