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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | admit truth or reality of something |
| Synonyms: | accede, accept, acquiesce, allow, avow, come clean, come out of closet, concede, confess, cop a plea, crack*, declare, fess up, get off chest, grant, let on, open up, own, profess, recognize, yield |
| Antonyms: | abjure, contradict, disavow, renounce |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | relate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give an account of |
| Synonyms: | break a story, chronicle, clue one in, depict, describe, detail, disclose, divulge, express, get off one's chest, give the word, impart, itemize, lay it on the line, let one's hair down, narrate, particularize, picture, present, recite, recount, rehearse, report, retell, reveal, run down, run through, set forth, shoot the breeze, sling, spill, spill the beans, spin a yarn, state, tell, track, verbalize |
| Notes: | both recount and relate mean 'to tell, to give an account of,' but recount adds the semantic component 'in detail' |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | unburden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | get rid of |
| Synonyms: | clear, confess, confide, disburden, discharge, disclose, disencumber, dispose of, divulge, dump, ease, empty, get off one's chest, lay bare, let hair down, lighten, lose, out with it, own, relieve, relinquish, reveal, shake, shake off, tell all, throw off, unbosom, unload |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
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