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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Then he set up a very public accountability mechanism: Every day, as “In Denver In Debt,” he details his debt-reduction progress, or confesses setbacks, to his 6,200 followers across social media.

From The Wall Street Journal

Not so if you confess to streaming military thrillers while other, nobler souls are busy contemplating peace on earth.

From The Wall Street Journal

On a date with a golf pro, Catherine confessed it was her mom, Ellen, who urged her to match with his profile.

From The Wall Street Journal

I confess that the notion of living to 100 is hard for me to picture.

From MarketWatch

"That was me, but I wasn't being self-aggrandising," he confessed to BBC News.

From BBC

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