Synonyms of confessions

confessions

noun

plural of confession

as in admissions

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

• admissions
• insistences
• acknowledgments
• assertions
• declarations
• avowals
• claims
• concessions
• self-confessions
• revelations
• confirmations
• affirmations
• apologies
• proclamations
• disclosures
• faults
• announcements
• repentances
• betrayals
• self-reproaches
• self-accusations
• pronouncements
• self-revelations
• professions
• allowances
• regrets
• self-recriminations
• remorses
• giveaways
• contritions
• responsibilities
• self-incriminations
• self-betrayals
• penitences
• hand-wringings
• avouchments
• divulgences
• blames
• rues

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disavowals
• denials
• recantations
• rejections
• disclaimers
• repudiations
• nonadmissions
• disallowances
• renouncements

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of confessions

In 1963, the Supreme Court banned confessions given under scopolamine and other truth-inducers as unconstitutionally coerced. — Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026

Lawyers for Davis plan to call, among others, an expert witness who specializes in false confessions. — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

On the other hand, detective Paul Johnson, who wrung out false confessions from the four boys, never expresses any remorse. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026

This week's quiz spotlights bikini getaways and country music confessions. — Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Jawad Boulos, who was Sarsour's lawyer when he was charged in Israel decades ago, testified that Sarsour was tortured in Israeli custody and coerced into making confessions. — CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

His three-day sentencing hearing featured emotional victim impact statements, tapes of his confessions to police and insights into his twisted desire for infamy and obsession with school shooters. — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 July 2026

Ward notes that Jen’s online confessions haven’t exclusively supported a potential alienation of affection case. — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026

When a suspect finally talks Kennedy said confessions play a larger role in solving cold cases than many people realize. — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 25 July 2026