Synonyms of confession

confession

noun

kən-ˈfe-shən 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• admission
• acknowledgment
• insistence
• assertion
• avowal
• declaration
• self-confession
• claim
• concession
• confirmation
• revelation
• apology
• affirmation
• disclosure
• announcement
• proclamation
• betrayal
• self-accusation
• fault
• profession
• repentance
• pronouncement
• allowance
• self-reproach
• self-betrayal
• self-incrimination
• contrition
• penitence
• self-revelation
• self-recrimination
• regret
• remorse
• divulgence
• giveaway
• avouchment
• responsibility
• blame
• hand-wringing
• contriteness
• rue
• remorsefulness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disavowal
• denial
• rejection
• recantation
• repudiation
• disclaimer
• nonadmission
• disallowance
• renouncement

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of confession

Previous confessions Shortly after the killings, Broadnax and Cummings gave multiple interviews to reporters from jail. —Jamie Landers, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026

And for the hopeless romantics among us, there’s confessions of love, yearning, and unlikely lovers. —De Elizabeth, Glamour, 17 Mar. 2026

That report included a handwritten confession. —Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026

Human rights groups in Iran say that his confession was obtained through torture. —Don Riddell, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026