as in admissions
an open declaration of something (as a fault or the commission of an offense) about oneself
a confession that he had been lying all along
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Recent Examples of confessions
The viral post brought an avalanche of reactions, from celebrity comments to heartfelt confessions.
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Staff Author, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
Human rights groups, citing concerns over forced confessions, have condemned a wave of hundreds of arrests and warned that the government is using the June conflict as a pretext to escalate repression.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
At the same time, Tom is having issues at home as well, resulting in dinner table arguments and tearful confessions.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The director does get solid performances out of his French and Italian cast, with the engaging Ronchi (Marco Bellocchio’s Sweet Dreams) playing a softspoken woman who seems to be in some kind of permanent stupor until her confessions bring her back to life.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
The web of secrets and confessions, schemes and counterplots, short-term pleasures and far-reaching decisions, are couched in dialogue that is pugnacious, vulnerable, comedic, and sometimes richly poetic, and which feels as spontaneous as it is carefully crafted.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2025
The case against Ramos-Aviles, Kotler said, has no physical evidence, texts or confessions.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
These violations, perpetrated primarily against Ukrainian prisoners of war, include genital violence such as electrocution, beatings and burns to the genitals, and forced stripping and prolonged nudity, used to humiliate and elicit confessions or information.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Missteps and missed chances Investigators say more than 1,200 people were considered potential suspects over the years, and false confessions were common.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Staff Author, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
Human rights groups, citing concerns over forced confessions, have condemned a wave of hundreds of arrests and warned that the government is using the June conflict as a pretext to escalate repression.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
At the same time, Tom is having issues at home as well, resulting in dinner table arguments and tearful confessions.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The director does get solid performances out of his French and Italian cast, with the engaging Ronchi (Marco Bellocchio’s Sweet Dreams) playing a softspoken woman who seems to be in some kind of permanent stupor until her confessions bring her back to life.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
The web of secrets and confessions, schemes and counterplots, short-term pleasures and far-reaching decisions, are couched in dialogue that is pugnacious, vulnerable, comedic, and sometimes richly poetic, and which feels as spontaneous as it is carefully crafted.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2025
The case against Ramos-Aviles, Kotler said, has no physical evidence, texts or confessions.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
These violations, perpetrated primarily against Ukrainian prisoners of war, include genital violence such as electrocution, beatings and burns to the genitals, and forced stripping and prolonged nudity, used to humiliate and elicit confessions or information.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Missteps and missed chances Investigators say more than 1,200 people were considered potential suspects over the years, and false confessions were common.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confessions
admissions
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One of the most common misunderstandings amongst students and families is that a school’s admissions rate equates to their individual odds of admission to that given school.—
Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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That would be 2019 and 2020 in which the then-Texas Longhorns men’s tennis coach was arrested by FBI agents, pleaded guilty to a federal crime and served a harrowing 6-month prison sentence as a result of his involvement in the Operation Varsity Blues college admissions scandal.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Confessions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confessions. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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