as in admission
an open declaration of something (as a fault or the commission of an offense) about oneself
by his own self-confession, he cravenly betrayed his best friend
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Noun
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Under the terms of the deal, the venue would also be required to provide free admission to teachers, school districts, members of the military, and veterans, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025 -
Paula Deen Paula Deen was a part of the Food Network for 11 years before she was fired in 2013, as a result of her admission to using a racial slur.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
People.com,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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His lawyers argued his mental disability attributed to him giving false confessions and that the confession was coerced without his lawyers present.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Influencer Alix Earle's viral confession and why Gen Z isn't holding back.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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On the one side stood religious fundamentalism with its insistence on a literal reading of scripture and submission to institutional authority; on the other stood scientific naturalism with its insistence that only empirical methods were valid routes to knowledge.—
Ben Woollard,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Jan. 2025
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But Trump’s insistence on personal submission, and his distrust of the very administrative state he is charged with directing, is decidedly anti-administration.—
Russell Muirhead,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Self-confession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-confession. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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