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self-incriminations

noun

plural of self-incrimination
as in self-reproaches

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  1. declarations
  2. affirmations
  3. confirmations
  4. confessions
  5. assertions
  6. professions
  7. admissions
Noun
  • Four student members submitted declarations but are not individual plaintiffs.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The burial ground was eventually forgotten until at least 2006, when the City of New York placed restrictive declarations on the site to protect those buried there.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of declarations
Noun
  • The welcome return, another highlight in a rich career, sparked the latest of Scott’s recurring affirmations.
    — Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Following Habitat tradition, the workers and attendees signed the frame boards of the homes with notes of encouragement, blessings and positive affirmations.
    — Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of affirmations
Noun
  • Supporting evidence can include customer licenses or confirmations, sales records, customs declarations and shipping documentation.
    — Alia Noor, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • These confirmations bring Ohio's 2026 tornado total to 37, with 17 occurring in mid-August.
    — Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of confirmations
Noun
  • Federal prosecutors collected the text messages, emails, bank withdrawals and deposits, and confessions of Diamantis accomplices in his bribery and extortion scheme.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Toward the end of the film, many walls of secrets come crashing down — some inexplicably so, through unprompted confessions.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of confessions
Noun
  • That result shocked many Germans who had believed their country had developed an immunity to nationalism and assertions of racial superiority after confronting the horrors of its Nazi past through education and laws to prohibit persecution.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
  • That result shocked many Germans who had believed their country had developed an immunity to nationalism and assertions of racial superiority after confronting the horrors of its Nazi past through education and laws to outlaw persecution.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of assertions
Noun
  • Other people who have these kinds of professions can challenge themselves by not relying on navigation devices, and their brains will likely benefit from it, Wood says.
    — Renée Onque, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Looking at passing citizens reveals flavor text about their professions and backgrounds.
    — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of professions
Noun
  • Those admissions would not, by themselves, invalidate the verdict.
    — Monu Bedi, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • For months, a sizable group of University of California professors have been demanding the reinstatement of standardized test requirements in the undergraduate admissions policy.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of admissions
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“Self-incriminations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-incriminations. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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