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fessing (up)verbpresent participle of fess (up) to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantlyhe fessed up to breaking the antique vase only after his guilt was obvious acknowledging, admitting, agreeing, allowing, conceding, confessing, granting, owning (up to) disburdening, unburdening, unloadingaffirming, avowing, confirming, professingaccepting, recognizing, yieldingannouncing, breaking, broadcasting, communicating, declaring, disclosing, divulging, imparting, proclaiming, publishing, revealing, spilling, telling, unveilingbetraying, blabbing, exposing, giving away, informing, leaking, ratting, squealing, talking, tattling, tipping (off), warning, wising (up)breathing, saying, whispering coming clean (about) denying disallowing, disavowing, disclaiming, disowningcontradicting, disputing, gainsaying, negating, negativingrebutting, refuting, rejecting, repudiatingconcealing, covering (up), hiding, obscuring, veilingkidding (oneself) to make an acknowledgment of something unpleasant as true or validat first he denied everything, but eventually he realized that he had no choice but to fess up admitting, confessing, copping (to)(slang), owning (up) blabbing, talking, tattlingbabbling, spilling clamming up, hushing, quieting (down), shutting up |