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
No flashback nor confession reveals precisely what happened between Maggie and Hank.
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Barry Levitt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
That decision was made over a flawed instruction by the New York state judge presiding over his case in response to a jury note about his alleged confessions.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors retried one of the men, John Kogut – who had made a coerced confession to the murder – but he was acquitted.
—Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Not even a day after Bethea’s denial of his confession due to drunkenness, a white jail guard said that Bethea had confessed privately to him.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
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Barry Levitt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
That decision was made over a flawed instruction by the New York state judge presiding over his case in response to a jury note about his alleged confessions.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors retried one of the men, John Kogut – who had made a coerced confession to the murder – but he was acquitted.
—Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Not even a day after Bethea’s denial of his confession due to drunkenness, a white jail guard said that Bethea had confessed privately to him.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confession
admission
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At the time, they were embroiled in a high-profile college admissions scandal involving their daughters in 2019, sometimes referred to as Operation Varsity Blues.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Even after his plea deal and his admission of guilt, Ozer was allegedly telling confusing and conflicting stories about the cause of his problems.—
Steve Belanger,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Confession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confession. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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