admission of guilt
Owning one's wrongdoing
An admission of guilt is a statement acknowledging that one has done something wrong or committed an offense.
In legal contexts, it refers to formally accepting responsibility for a crime, often influencing sentencing: His admission of guilt led to a reduced sentence.
More broadly, any acknowledgment of wrongdoing qualifies: The apology was taken as an admission of guilt.
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- coming cleanAdmitting wrongdoing honestly
- pleaFormal request or defense
- plea bargainNegotiated criminal case resolution
- no contestUneven match or plea
remorse · apology · public apology · culpability · mea culpa · owning up · regret · accountability · wrongdoing · acknowledgment · contrition · blame · fault · penitence · surrender · testimony · criminal trial · courtroom
- confessionconfession, absolution, acknowledgment, declaration, statement
- harsh realitiesbitter truth, hard truth, harsh truth, home truth, reality check
- avowalsvow, oath, pledge, promise, declaration
- interrogation rightsMiranda rights, Miranda warning, right to silence, right to counsel, self-incrimination
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Refusal to accept reality
disavowal · repudiation · disclaimer · excuse-making · deflection
admission of guiltnot guilty plea
Defendant's denial of wrongdoing
defense · self-defense · exculpation · protestation · legal defense
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