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
• acknowledgement
• acknowledgment
• insistence
• assertion
• avowal
• declaration
• self-confession
• concession
• revelation
• claim
• apology
• confirmation
• affirmation
• disclosure
• proclamation
• betrayal
• self-accusation
• fault
• profession
• announcement
• 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

The Bad Boy Entertainment founder made the confession to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian earlier this week after his team asked for a quick bathroom break during the first day of questioning potential jurors on their backgrounds. —Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2025

Forcing priests to divulge confessions, while exempting all manner of secular confessors, is rank religious discrimination. —Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 6 May 2025

In some states, grant recipients have automatically tested backlogged kits despite a previous confession, guilty plea or conviction, or if the suspect’s DNA already was in the national database. —Gina Barton, USA Today, 2 May 2025

Listen to this article 2 min Lana Del Rey made a surprising confession during her Stagecoach performance over the weekend. —Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2025