confess

[kuhn-fes] / kənˈfɛs /

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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I confess I’m not impervious to the posthumous allure.

From Los Angeles Times

“I think he’s running out of steam,” a few of my D.C. happy hour comrades confessed Wednesday after the hearings, “Or he’s really sicker than he lets on.”

From Salon

While I confess to having more than three bedrooms in my colonial, I’ll continue to drive my 2014 Jeep until the engine fails or the car rusts.

From The Wall Street Journal

Also at the Olympics, the Norwegian athlete who confessed infidelity after winning a medal.

From MarketWatch

Page also revealed that her children know she is in the 2003 hit romcom Love Actually, and confessed to having only watched it once prior to seeing it again at Christmas in 2024.

From BBC

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