self-accusations

noun

Definition of self-accusationsnext
plural of self-accusation
as in confessions

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  1. confessions
  2. declarations
  3. affirmations
  4. acknowledgments
  5. admissions
  6. assertions
Noun
  • False confessions, often extracted under duress.
    Dan Slepian, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Still, as evidence mounted that some groups — including young people and people with mental disabilities — were more susceptible to false confessions, legislators began to take notice.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of confessions
Noun
  • South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, lawmakers and people attend a rally to condemn South Korean President’s surprise declarations of the martial law last night and to call for his resignation, at the national assembly in Seoul, South Korea December 4, 2024.
    Shafi Musaddique, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
  • As the moon clashes with Venus, passionate declarations make things a bit awkward.
    USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of declarations
Noun
  • Pep talks, affirmations or an arm around your shoulder are good medicine for sticking to your New Year’s resolutions.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Manifesting goes beyond the daily affirmations, visualizations and journaling practices.
    Emily Burns, WWD, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of affirmations
Noun
  • Land acknowledgements — the recognition that Indigenous people were the original inhabitants of American land — have become more common among academics, nonprofits, companies, celebrities and even in social media bios.
    Kate Murphy, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Land acknowledgements — the recognition that Indigenous people were the original inhabitants of American land — have become more common among academics, nonprofits, companies and celebrities and even in social media bios.
    Melissa Santos, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of acknowledgments
Noun
  • Students for Fair Admissions brought a pivotal lawsuit against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, asserting that their affirmative action policies unfairly disadvantaged Asian American applicants in the admissions process.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The case culminated in a landmark Supreme Court decision in 2023, which effectively ended the use of affirmative action admissions policies in higher education.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of admissions
Noun
  • Carrying Global Market Hopes Industry projections lend further weight to assertions that India may well carry the hopes of the wider crude market.
    Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Throwing out data Nevertheless, there are some CEOs — a minority, but a vocal one — who keep saying remote and flexible work just doesn’t work; studies keep proving those assertions wrong.
    Sarah Green Carmichael, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of assertions
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