humble oneself

acknowledge assert blurt out concede confide declare disclose divulge profess prove recognize relate reveal

affirm allow attest aver avow blow chirp evince finger fink grant leak manifest narrate own post sing snitch squeal unload vent

clue in come clean come out dump on 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

conceal contradict deny disavow hide keep refuse reject repudiate secrete suppress

condemn veto withhold

disown mask

degenerate deteriorate

concede patronize stoop

abase oneself lower oneself

develop improve

ascend go up increase rise

beseech fawn

beg blandish bootlick brown-nose court cower crawl creep cringe crouch flatter humor implore kneel kowtow pamper prostrate revere snivel soft-soap stoop truckle wheedle

apple-polish beg for mercy bow and scrape butter up cater to eat crow eat dirt eat humble pie fall all over kiss one's feet make much of make up to play up to suck up to

ignore

boast