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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Confesses one veteran Neiman Marcus saleswoman, “I never leave the cocoon of the store.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2021

The Pope Confesses Church’s ‘Obsession’ With Gays, Abortion In long interview with a Catholic magazine, Pope Francis called himself a sinner, and criticized the church for overemphasizing ‘disjointed’ moral doctrines.

From Newsweek • Sep. 19, 2013

MORE: Dominique Strauss-Kahn Confesses the Errors of His Ways — Sort of Crumley is TIME's Paris bureau chief and has covered French and European news since 1989.

From Time • Feb. 28, 2013

Arnold Schwarzenegger Cavorts, and Confesses The former governor rails and confesses his way through Europe as he cavorts with world leaders.

From Newsweek • Apr. 17, 2011

Confesses with pathetic modesty that there are two things beyond his capacity.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 22, 1914 by Various