CONFESSIONS Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

confessions

noun

plural of confession

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 His three-day sentencing hearing featured emotional victim impact statements, tapes of his confessions to police and insights into his twisted desire for infamy and obsession with school shooters. — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 July 2026 Ward notes that Jen’s online confessions haven’t exclusively supported a potential alienation of affection case. — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026 Human rights groups have accused Iranian authorities of denying defendants due process, relying on coerced confessions and carrying out executions after unfair trials. — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026 When a suspect finally talks Kennedy said confessions play a larger role in solving cold cases than many people realize. — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 25 July 2026 Among his vulnerable confessions include a detailed recollection of his first love, Nicolas de Lenfent (Joseph Potter), who became a vampire with Lestat. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 24 July 2026 And her brand of absurdist humor, full of candid confessions, fart jokes, and Harry Styles fan-fiction, definitely goes there. — Shannon Carlin, Time, 14 July 2026 Footage eventually led to two suspects, ages 19 and 21, and interrogations concluded with confessions from both, officials said. — Mark Price july 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026 Since the fall of the Soviet Union 35 years ago, government files have been declassified and grand-jury testimonies unsealed; key players have made dramatic confessions. — Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026

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admissions

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Daniel Fernando García Velázquez took the admissions exam for Mexico’s most famous university four times before finally getting the result that should have guaranteed him admission.

— Mauricio Torres, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
The company generated record quarterly admissions revenue of $540 million worldwide and concession revenue of $433 million.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 30 July 2026

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