as in admission
an open declaration of something (as a fault or the commission of an offense) about oneself
a confession that he had been lying all along
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Recent Examples of confession
However, the two men were later exonerated after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that their confessions had been improperly used during their respective trials.
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Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The prosecution of Davis was largely pinned on Hart’s confession and the testimony of others present when Slone was killed, as well as a jailhouse informant who told police Davis confessed while at the Butler County Jail.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The feed surfaces chats containing legal dilemmas, therapy discussions, and deeply personal confessions, often linked to real accounts.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
What’s her initial reaction to his big confession there?
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 28 June 2025
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Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The prosecution of Davis was largely pinned on Hart’s confession and the testimony of others present when Slone was killed, as well as a jailhouse informant who told police Davis confessed while at the Butler County Jail.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The feed surfaces chats containing legal dilemmas, therapy discussions, and deeply personal confessions, often linked to real accounts.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
What’s her initial reaction to his big confession there?
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 28 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confession
admission
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Numerous displays from various eras of U.S. History will be on the museum grounds, where admission is always free.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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Later, over pizza with his parents, the trio discusses uprooting their lives to move east pending Luke’s all-but-certain admission to MIT.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
13 July 2025
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“Confession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confession. Accessed 10 Aug. 2025.
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