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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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These days, "we do nap sometimes", Grohl admits; while Mendel confesses that the band can often be found building Lego sets in the dressing room.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

She downs her glass of orange wine, leans forward and confesses to something truly shocking.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

McCarthy readily confesses he’s “very much a loner,” quiet and pensive — and yet he craves attachment.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Yet Mr. Junod confesses that he desperately doesn’t want to be like his father.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

When his mother confesses that she is nervous to be in the house alone, Maxine tells her she’d be nervous, too.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri