| Main Entry: |
confess
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| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
admit, confirm |
| Synonyms: |
acknowledge,
affirm,
allow,
assert,
attest,
aver, avow,
blow, blurt out, chirp, clue in, come clean, come out,
concede,
confide,
declare,
disclose,
divulge, dump on,
evince,
finger*, fink,
grant, humble oneself,
leak*, let on, level with, make clean breast of,
manifest, narrate, open one's heart,
own, own up,
post,
profess,
prove, rat on,
recognize,
relate,
reveal,
sing*, snitch, sound off, spill the beans, spit out, squeal, tip hand, unload,
vent, weasel
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| Antonyms: |
conceal, deny, disavow, disown, hide, mask, repudiate, secrete
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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