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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

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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

Our staffers let their expectations fly, owning up to high hopes for impossible missions, a superhero or two and — yes — “The Naked Gun.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2025

But his eyes are soft, as if he’s owning up to everything that he is.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi

owning up

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