as in admission
an open declaration of something (as a fault or the commission of an offense) about oneself
a confession that he had been lying all along
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Recent Examples of confession
Filled with footnotes where Reid takes her off-the-cuff voice and honest takes to the next level, Enough is a book of our times, wherein candor, confessions, and embracing the bad along with the good seem to rule more by the moment.
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Maya Silver, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2025
Then another man who had been imprisoned as a possible suspect — a black World War II veteran and construction worker, Wesley Byrd, 26 — said Apodaca and state police drove him into the desert and used torture to try to force a confession from him.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
But her confession on Celebrity Big Brother U.K. marks the first time that she’s discussed her gender identity beyond that.
—James Factora, Them., 17 Apr. 2025
Geffen’s countersuit also points out that Sun has been alleged to mistreat employees in the past, implying that Xiong may have been coerced into her confession.
—Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
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Maya Silver, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2025
Then another man who had been imprisoned as a possible suspect — a black World War II veteran and construction worker, Wesley Byrd, 26 — said Apodaca and state police drove him into the desert and used torture to try to force a confession from him.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
But her confession on Celebrity Big Brother U.K. marks the first time that she’s discussed her gender identity beyond that.
—James Factora, Them., 17 Apr. 2025
Geffen’s countersuit also points out that Sun has been alleged to mistreat employees in the past, implying that Xiong may have been coerced into her confession.
—Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confession
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Quarterly admissions revenue decreased 8.9 percent to $264.1 million, while concession revenue dropped 6.2 percent to $210.4 million, as Cinemark posted a 7.8 percent decrease in attendance to 36.6 million patrons.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
2 May 2025
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Look beyond admissions: Demand five-year outcomes data.—
Gerald Bradshaw,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2025
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“Confession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confession. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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