owning up

NOUN

confession

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acknowledgment admission assertion concession disclosure proclamation revelation statement story

STRONG

affirmation allowance assenting avowal declaration divulgence enumeration exposure narration profession publication recitation relation revealing song squawk squeal telling utterance

WEAK

disclosing exposé making public unbosoming

Antonyms

STRONGEST

denial refusal repudiation secret

STRONG

concealment silence

WEAK

cover disavowal

Example Sentences

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Beretta walks away with a path to two board seats and an eventual shot at owning up to 25% of Ruger.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Greenspan taught me the value of owning up to my mistakes.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

This leaves us torn between wanting to make jokes about her for not knowing this was in the bill or commending her for owning up to it and appropriately criticizing it.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2025

“For me, that is the point of making a sci-fi film,” Bong says, owning up to the gamble.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2025

Big Ma, however, was none-too-pleased by Fern owning up to her ooga-mooga name.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

owning up

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