SELF-ACCUSATIONS Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

self-accusations

noun

plural of self-accusation

as in confessions

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Noun

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

Definition of confessions

Noun

After a week of deliberations and declarations of the Massachusetts jury in Lindsay Clancy‘s triple-murder case being deadlocked, the judge has declared a mistrial today.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026
These routing announcements are declarations made as entries on a global routing table used by all ASes and the hosting providers serving them.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of declarations

Noun

Curt is thanked in the acknowledgements of the book for being a test reader.

— Devon Ivie, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026
The statement wouldn’t be so condescendingly winking if the theorist’s contributions to their field weren’t drawn, word for word, from the academic work of the late Lauren Berlant, the first person thanked in the book’s acknowledgments.

— Maya Binyam, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of acknowledgments

Noun

The recent grad floated slightly looser admissions standards for football as a possible solution.

— Jesse Dougherty, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Loughlin’s return to Instagram came seven years after she and her estranged husband, Mossimo Giannulli, were embroiled in a high-profile college admissions scandal in March 2019 involving their two daughters.

— Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of admissions

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Records suggest many died of diseases like tuberculosis or influenza, but Schindler said those assertions merit skepticism.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
But to do so overlooks the thrilling, genuinely thorny assertions contained in several of the season’s best films.

— Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of assertions

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