English Synonym Finder

confess

Definitions

To admit or state that one has committed a crime or done something wrong.

To formally acknowledge one's sins to a priest or to God.

To acknowledge or reveal something that one has previously kept secret.

Examples

He decided to confess his secret to his best friend.

The suspect finally began to confess to the crime after hours of questioning.

Synonyms

admit disclose reveal acknowledge divulge own up concede

Antonyms

conceal deny hide withhold suppress cover up dissemble