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
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Recent Examples of confessions
Sanders had uncovered in 2014 that Rackauckas’ prosecutors and sheriff’s deputies for years had illegally used jailhouse informants to coax confessions from defendants who had attorneys, in violation of their right to counsel.
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Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
This candid conversation is your chance to hear raw revelations and candid confessions from a fearless force of Bravolebrities who always speak their minds.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 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
Prince William shared one of his most candid parenting confessions yet in an upcoming episode of Eugene Levy’s Apple TV+ series, The Reluctant Traveler.
—Erin Hill, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Human rights groups, citing concerns over forced confessions, have condemned a wave of hundreds of arrests and warned that the government is using the June conflict as a pretext to escalate repression.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
At the same time, Tom is having issues at home as well, resulting in dinner table arguments and tearful confessions.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The director does get solid performances out of his French and Italian cast, with the engaging Ronchi (Marco Bellocchio’s Sweet Dreams) playing a softspoken woman who seems to be in some kind of permanent stupor until her confessions bring her back to life.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
The web of secrets and confessions, schemes and counterplots, short-term pleasures and far-reaching decisions, are couched in dialogue that is pugnacious, vulnerable, comedic, and sometimes richly poetic, and which feels as spontaneous as it is carefully crafted.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2025
Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
This candid conversation is your chance to hear raw revelations and candid confessions from a fearless force of Bravolebrities who always speak their minds.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 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
Prince William shared one of his most candid parenting confessions yet in an upcoming episode of Eugene Levy’s Apple TV+ series, The Reluctant Traveler.
—Erin Hill, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Human rights groups, citing concerns over forced confessions, have condemned a wave of hundreds of arrests and warned that the government is using the June conflict as a pretext to escalate repression.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
At the same time, Tom is having issues at home as well, resulting in dinner table arguments and tearful confessions.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The director does get solid performances out of his French and Italian cast, with the engaging Ronchi (Marco Bellocchio’s Sweet Dreams) playing a softspoken woman who seems to be in some kind of permanent stupor until her confessions bring her back to life.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
The web of secrets and confessions, schemes and counterplots, short-term pleasures and far-reaching decisions, are couched in dialogue that is pugnacious, vulnerable, comedic, and sometimes richly poetic, and which feels as spontaneous as it is carefully crafted.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confessions
admissions
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The separation comes five years after the couple were ensnared in the college admissions scandal, pleading guilty to wire and mail fraud related to paying hundreds of thousands in bribes to get their daughters into the University of Southern California.—
Brie Stimson , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Subramanian has cited Combs’ history of violence and the defense team’s admissions about it for the refusal of bail.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Confessions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confessions. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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