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
And then we were forced to give false confessions under torture.
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Abc News, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Those false confessions ended up leading to an execution sentence from which I was smuggled.
—Abc News, ABC News, 10 Dec. 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
Naturally, there's plenty of dysfunction as confessions are made, a turkey is flung across the table, a football game leads to a fistfight, and Claudia tries to maintain her sanity.
—Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
Rozzi attributed the confessions to a mental health crisis.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
Call Her Daddy has become a source of some of the juiciest celebrity confessions like Katy Perry, Hailey Bieber and Camila Cabello.
—Athena Sobhan, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
The initial confessions are laughed off since, in the two decades since, initial crushes have faded away.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 7 Oct. 2024
Three confessions of judgment were filed Wednesday in New York County Supreme Court on behalf of journalist Sil Lai Abrams, Sherri Abernathy and Wendy Carolina Franco.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
Abc News, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Those false confessions ended up leading to an execution sentence from which I was smuggled.
—Abc News, ABC News, 10 Dec. 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
Naturally, there's plenty of dysfunction as confessions are made, a turkey is flung across the table, a football game leads to a fistfight, and Claudia tries to maintain her sanity.
—Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
Rozzi attributed the confessions to a mental health crisis.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
Call Her Daddy has become a source of some of the juiciest celebrity confessions like Katy Perry, Hailey Bieber and Camila Cabello.
—Athena Sobhan, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
The initial confessions are laughed off since, in the two decades since, initial crushes have faded away.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 7 Oct. 2024
Three confessions of judgment were filed Wednesday in New York County Supreme Court on behalf of journalist Sil Lai Abrams, Sherri Abernathy and Wendy Carolina Franco.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Confessions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confessions. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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