SELF-BETRAYALS Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

self-betrayals

noun

plural of self-betrayal

as in self-confessions

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Noun

Bundy gave a series of confessions in his final days, including to some crimes that were previously unknown to police.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
Her novels are often narrated in first person and range from intimate confessions to buoyant epic sagas.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of confessions

Noun

The boldest declarations of solidarity, Lee knows, often precede the quietest and cruellest of betrayals.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
The invasive species, first discovered in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in October 2024, has prompted emergency declarations in Sacramento, Yolo, San Joaquin and Kern counties.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of declarations

Noun

The unfortunate truth is, most of them have lowered their standards in admissions and education.

— Ian Kingsbury, Sun Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026
Season tickets for the four shows are now on sale, with the four-show flex pass as an option that grants four admissions to any production during the season, including the holiday production, all for $100.

— Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of admissions

Noun

But what an imaginative launching pad to interrogate the nature of greatness, the unsatisfactory acknowledgements of one’s own mediocrity, the seemingly unjust parceling out of genius from God.

— Doni Wilson, Houston Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2026
Among other acknowledgments of his work, he was included in Vancouver Magazine’s Power 50.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of acknowledgments

Noun

Those are affirmations Rams players and coaches have utilized during a season of great expectations mired in major underachievement.

— Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Since its inception in 2022, Doggyland has produced a variety of educational songs about affirmations, letters, numbers, colors, animals, good habits and accepting others.

— Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of affirmations

Noun

Once a community applies to manage an area, the state can no longer authorize new concessions — such as those for salmon-farming facilities — within it.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
Truly isolating Iran is the best way to win concessions from its leaders.

— Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of concessions

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