CONFESSING Synonyms

• showing or making known

• the speech act of making something evident

• disclosing unintentionally something concealed

• declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of

• report the receipt of

• express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with

• express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for

• accept as legally binding and valid

• accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority

• declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of

• allow to enter; grant entry to

• allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of

• admit into a group or community

• afford possibility

• give access or entrance to

• have room for; hold without crowding

• serve as a means of entrance

• make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

• reveal to view as by removing a cover

• make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

• admit (to a wrongdoing)

• be willing to concede

• give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

• acknowledge defeat

• someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

• take the place of work of someone on strike

• confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure

• practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about

• confess one's faith in, or allegiance to

• admit (to a wrongdoing)

• state freely

• receive into a religious order or congregation

• take vows, as in religious order

• state insincerely

• a high-pitched howl

• utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs

• confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure