confessing

present participle of confess
1
as in admitting
to make an acknowledgment of something unpleasant as true or valid the thief confessed to dozens of robberies

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“Confessing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confessing. Accessed 29 Mar. 2023.

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