confesses
Reveals one's guilt
Confesses is the third-person singular of confess—to acknowledge something one has concealed, especially a wrongdoing or secret: She confesses to eating the last cookie.
The word carries weight from its religious sense, where one confesses sins to a priest.
Someone confesses guilt, love, ignorance, or doubt.
He finally confesses that he never read the book.
Violation of divine law
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- penitentOne showing remorse
sacrament · confessional · forgiveness · repentance · atonement · contrition · remorse · soul
Relieving oneself of weight
- reliefEasing of distress
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- conscienceInternal moral sense
guilt · liberation · release · honesty · vulnerability · tears · burden · openness
Entry or confession
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- truthAccordance with reality
- wrongdoingUnethical or illegal action
- disclosureAct of revealing information
revelation · acknowledgment · culpability · self-incrimination · testimony · secret · misdeed · mistake
sin
Violation of divine law
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
penitent · sacrament · confessional · forgiveness · repentance · atonement · contrition · remorse · soul · salvation
unburdening
Relieving oneself of weight
- reliefEasing of distress
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
- weightMeasure of heaviness
conscience · guilt · liberation · release · honesty · vulnerability · tears · burden · openness · heart
admission
Entry or confession
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- truthAccordance with reality
- wrongdoingUnethical or illegal action
disclosure · revelation · acknowledgment · culpability · self-incrimination · testimony · secret · misdeed · mistake · crime
statement
Expressed claim or fact
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- suspectBelieve to be likely
detective · evidence · Miranda · coercion · witness · deposition · plea · affidavit · court · prosecution
confessesdenies
Declares something untrue
disavows · repudiates · disputes · refutes · contradicts
confessesconceals
Keeps from being seen
hides · suppresses · withholds · covers up · represses
confesseslies
Deliberate untruths
deceives · dissembles · prevaricates · fabricates · falsifies
- confession of faithDoctrinal belief statement
- I confessAcknowledge one's wrongdoing
- deathbed confessionDisclosure made while dying
- confession boothEnclosed space for admitting sins
- false confessionUntrue guilt statement
- forced confessionStatement extracted under pressure