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

The defense said all confessions Davis has made in the past are false confessions and claimed his versions of events do not match what was found at the scene and during the investigation. — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

The case has leaned largely on Davis' own multiple alleged confessions. — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026

The move wasn't initially made public, but sources familiar with its contents told the newspaper that Schrama had axed Mohammed’s confessions from the case in the ruling. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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

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