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
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.
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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
The case against Ramos-Aviles, Kotler said, has no physical evidence, texts or confessions.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
These violations, perpetrated primarily against Ukrainian prisoners of war, include genital violence such as electrocution, beatings and burns to the genitals, and forced stripping and prolonged nudity, used to humiliate and elicit confessions or information.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Missteps and missed chances Investigators say more than 1,200 people were considered potential suspects over the years, and false confessions were common.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
This led to over 100 false confessions by Black men because of police torture over a nearly 20-year period.
—Jackson Potter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
In great part this is because the internal turmoil that we are led to believe the central characters harbor don’t always inform the interpersonal confessions of which audiences can infer on their own.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
The starkissed sweetness of some of this music masks violent, sometimes disturbing lyrical confessions.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
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
The case against Ramos-Aviles, Kotler said, has no physical evidence, texts or confessions.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
These violations, perpetrated primarily against Ukrainian prisoners of war, include genital violence such as electrocution, beatings and burns to the genitals, and forced stripping and prolonged nudity, used to humiliate and elicit confessions or information.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Missteps and missed chances Investigators say more than 1,200 people were considered potential suspects over the years, and false confessions were common.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
This led to over 100 false confessions by Black men because of police torture over a nearly 20-year period.
—Jackson Potter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
In great part this is because the internal turmoil that we are led to believe the central characters harbor don’t always inform the interpersonal confessions of which audiences can infer on their own.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
The starkissed sweetness of some of this music masks violent, sometimes disturbing lyrical confessions.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confessions
admissions
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In the end, Sutton-Schulman won the Triangle Springs appeal, but Highmark classified L’s treatment at Menninger as two separate admissions.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Columbia University has agreed to a sweeping $220 million settlement that includes federal oversight of its admissions, protest policies, and administrative operations.—
Leadership Brainery,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Confessions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confessions. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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