owned up
- confessedAdmitted wrongdoing openly
- admittedConfessed or granted entry
- fessed upAdmitted guilt openly
- came cleanConfessed fully
- acknowledgedAccepted as true
guilty · truth · apologized · blame · mistake · honest · revealed · disclosed · accountability · regret · shame · conscience · remorse · confronted · faced · accepted · mea culpa · sincere
honesty and confession
owned updenied
Refused or disavowed
covered up · lied · concealed · hid · dissembled
blame attribution
owned uppassed the buck
Transferred accountability elsewhere
scapegoated · deflected · dodged · shirked · ducked