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fess (up)verb to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantlyhe fessed up to breaking the antique vase only after his guilt was obvious acknowledge, admit, agree, allow, concede, confess, 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 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 admit, confess, cop (to)(slang), own (up) blab, talk, tattlebabble, spill clam up, hush, quiet (down), shut up |