confesses

VERB

admit, confirm

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acknowledge assert blurt out concede confide declare disclose divulge profess prove recognize relate reveal

STRONG

affirm allow attest aver avow blow chirp evince finger fink grant leak manifest narrate own post sing snitch squeal unload vent

WEAK

clue in come clean come out dump on humble oneself let on level with make clean breast of open one's heart own up rat on sound off spill the beans spit out tip hand weasel

Antonyms

STRONGEST

conceal contradict deny disavow hide keep refuse reject repudiate secrete suppress

STRONG

condemn veto withhold

WEAK

disown mask

Example Sentences

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Member Su-Elise Nash confesses her son "didn't even know I was in a singing group six months ago".

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

When Padilla lived in L.A., she adored her Los Feliz neighborhood, so on this late April afternoon she confesses to some disorientation at doing press on the Westside.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

In his memoir “Beautiful Things,” Hunter confesses he even has the Hebrew word for peace—shalom—tattooed on his arm.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

“I did not enjoy filming it,” she confesses.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

If one confesses and the other doesn’t, the one who confesses will be rewarded by being let go, while the other one will get a five-year term.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos