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
During his confession, Jones said the Nestors hired him to clean around their business — and told detectives what led up to the killings.
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
The Power of Good Love Since the accidental confession, the couple has moved in together and their relationship has flourished.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
The case confounded investigators for years, while the case was marred by false confessions, allegations of intimidation, and thousands of tips.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
Valerie Bertinelli made a surprising confession about her love life.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
The Power of Good Love Since the accidental confession, the couple has moved in together and their relationship has flourished.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
The case confounded investigators for years, while the case was marred by false confessions, allegations of intimidation, and thousands of tips.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
Valerie Bertinelli made a surprising confession about her love life.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confession
admission
Noun
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Five songs into her new album, Taylor Swift makes a bold admission.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The letter also called for the return of mandatory standardized testing in university admissions and for universities to report the anonymous scores and grades of accepted and rejected students.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Confession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confession. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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