SELF-INCRIMINATION Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

self-incrimination

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as in declaration

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Recent Examples of self-incrimination Guevara, 82, who retired in 2005 and is still pulling a $91,000 annual city pension, has repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination when called to testify in court. — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2026 Cherfilus-McCormick declined to testify during a previous Ethics Committee hearing, citing her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. — Kevin Freking, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026 During her deposition before the committee in February, Maxwell refused to testify, invoking her Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination. — Ava Berger, NPR, 8 Apr. 2026 The congresswoman declined to testify during Thursday’s ethics hearing, citing her 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination. — Stephen Groves, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for self-incrimination

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In Rome, Maria Ressa, a 2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a co-rapporteur for the declaration, said that the world has already experienced its Trinity Test moment with AI.

— Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
These mutual declarations of victory ultimately could not save the memorandum.

— Erik Lin-Greenberg, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026

Definition of declaration

Noun

Among his vulnerable confessions include a detailed recollection of his first love, Nicolas de Lenfent (Joseph Potter), who became a vampire with Lestat.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 24 July 2026
In July 2024, Lowe spoke with PEOPLE and revealed that his son Samuel had recently made a confession that filled his dad with dread.

— Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026

Definition of confession

Noun

Each morning before Grays drops her now 2-year-old daughter off at daycare, the two share a ritual of positive affirmations.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
She's also curated large-scale art pieces such as two 30-foot Black portraits in 2022 and a model barbershop in 2024, complete with affirmation stations and healing circles for men.

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 24 July 2026

Definition of affirmation

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But authorities boast that the state has lately become a model for reducing mob mayhem — an assertion that many find suspect.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
In the film, however, Odysseus’s falsehoods have dire consequences, an apparent reflection of the biblical assertion that false witness is a sin.

— Luis Parrales, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026

Definition of assertion

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From the outset, the foundation was shaped by his authentic interest in supporting AIDS research and his insistence on listening to people with lived experience of the epidemic, Aslett said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
And a crypto market structure bill is snagged over Democrats’ insistence over ethics rules for the president.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of insistence

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