Synonyms of confession

confession

noun

kən-ˈfe-shən 

as in admission

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• admission
• acknowledgement
• acknowledgment
• insistence
• assertion
• avowal
• declaration
• self-confession
• concession
• revelation
• claim
• apology
• confirmation
• affirmation
• disclosure
• proclamation
• betrayal
• self-accusation
• fault
• profession
• announcement
• repentance
• pronouncement
• allowance
• self-reproach
• self-betrayal
• self-incrimination
• contrition
• penitence
• self-revelation
• self-recrimination
• regret
• remorse
• divulgence
• giveaway
• avouchment
• responsibility
• blame
• hand-wringing
• contriteness
• rue
• remorsefulness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disavowal
• denial
• rejection
• recantation
• repudiation
• disclaimer
• nonadmission
• disallowance
• renouncement

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of confession

Near the end of the last chorus, the instruments go respectfully silent as the narrator makes his confession a capella. —Tom Zoellner, SPIN, 27 Nov. 2024

During construction, Masses will be held in the Lower Church, a chapel in the basement of Gesu that seats 450 people and is often used for daily services and confessions. —Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024

Later, there is an extraordinary turn that both wrenches Leo’s confession away from practical, on-camera delivery and raises it to sublime spiritual heights—to a subjectivity akin to a God’s-eye and God’s-ear perspective. —Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024

The suspect in the murder of a Montana dad and avid outdoorsman pleaded not guilty in court on Tuesday after allegedly claiming self-defense in his confession to police, which both the Gallatin County Attorney's Office and the suspect's defense team confirmed with Fox News Digital. —Mollie Markowitz, Fox News, 29 Nov. 2024