self-confession

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-confession
Noun
  • Five songs into her new album, Taylor Swift makes a bold admission.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The letter also called for the return of mandatory standardized testing in university admissions and for universities to report the anonymous scores and grades of accepted and rejected students.
    Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Corry realized the game was up and blurted out her confession.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In January 2010, a five-day hearing was held in the circuit court to hear testimony about Dassey's motion, much of which focused on evidence that his confession was coerced and that his trial counsel was ineffective.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At the heart of the shutdown is an insistence by Democrats that the stopgap bill must include a provision to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, and a refusal by Republicans to include the credits in government funding negotiations.
    Al Weaver, The Hill, 1 Oct. 2025
  • And in that insistence, keep building legacy.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Self-confession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-confession. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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