self-incrimination

noun

Definition of self-incriminationnext
as in declaration

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Recent Examples of self-incrimination But Heather invoked her Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. — Nikki Battiste, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026 Fauci did not answer questions, instead invoking his right against self-incrimination. — Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2026 In other words, the amendment establishes the constitutional right to avoid self-incrimination. — Chantelle Lee, Time, 30 July 2026 During a recent Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 15 times when questioned by Committee Chairman Rand Paul about his handling of the pandemic. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for self-incrimination
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-incrimination
  1. declaration
  2. confession
  3. self-accusation
  4. affirmation
  5. assertion
  6. insistence
  7. confirmation
  8. self-reproach
Noun
  • Farage did not give a victory speech after declining to attend the declaration, claiming police had warned of a campaign to disrupt it.
    — Reagan Yip, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Citing dangerously dry brush conditions, the City Council approved the declaration this week to reduce the risk of fires associated with homeless individuals cooking outdoors or using fire to keep warm at night.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of declaration
Noun
  • After the diaristic rush of her last record, Daughter from Hell finds Abrams at the hardest—and most rewarding—part of confession and self-actualization.
    — Vogue, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026
  • At the center of it all is an FBI agent’s handwritten scrawl, detailing an alleged murder confession by a man who is missing and widely believed to have been murdered.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of confession
Noun
  • This element of self-accusation is what makes an apocalypse story distinctively modern.
    — Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of self-accusation
Noun
  • Eating disorders, as those in recovery have stressed, thrive on the pathological evidence of their symptoms, spinning negative attention—concern, disgust—into fatal affirmations.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Critically, in the third experiment, their affirmations came before the failure and still worked to defeat rumination.
    — Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of affirmation
Noun
  • So, how does the rest of the longevity world view their assertions?
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The core assertion is that money in circulation directly reflects production levels, not central bank actions.
    — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of assertion
Noun
  • The author warns that humanity's insistence on supremacy could lead to conflict with advanced AI, even provoking existential threats.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The deliberative, thoughtful process of remaking the nation’s capital in the early 20th century bears little resemblance to Trump’s insistence on remaking the capital in his image.
    — Jennifer Tucker, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of insistence
Noun
  • There has been no confirmation from SpaceX or Louisiana officials … But earlier this year the Louisiana Legislature passed a package of incentives for aerospace companies, including liability protections and property tax breaks.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Officials said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was aware of more than 10,400 additional cases that had yet to meet its confirmation standards.
    — Nathan Ansell, Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of confirmation
Noun
  • On the one hand, self-reproach is a convenient stance for showrunner Ryan Condal to take.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 June 2026
  • Laughing, by contrast, conveyed that the person understood the mistake was trivial and didn’t require dramatic self-reproach.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
Definition of self-reproach

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