| Main Entry: | confession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | admittance of information |
Synonyms: |
acknowledgment, admission, affirmation, allowance, assenting, assertion, avowal, concession, declaration, disclosing, disclosure, divulgence, enumeration, exposure, exposé, making public, narration, owning up, proclamation, profession, publication, recitation, relation, revealing, revelation, song*, squawk, squeal, statement, story, telling, unbosoming, utterance |
| Notes: | admission falls short of an acknowledgment of all elements of a crime - which would be a confession |
Antonyms: |
concealment, cover, denial, disavowal, secret |
| Main Entry: | acknowledgment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | act of recognizing authority or truth of something |
Synonyms: |
acceptance, accession, acquiescence, admission, admitting, affirmation, allowance, allowing, assent, assertion, asservation, avowal, compliance, conceding, concession, concurrence, confession, confirmation, corroboration, declaration, profession, ratification, realization, recognition, yielding |
| Main Entry: | acknowledgment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical symbol of recognition |
Synonyms: |
acclamation, addressing, answer, apology, applause, appreciation, bestowal, bow, card, confession, contract, credit, gift, gratitude, greeting, guarantee, hail, hailing, letter, nod, notice, reaction, receipt, reply, response, return, salutation, salute, signature, statement, support, thanks, token |
| Main Entry: | apology |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offering of remorse, regret |
Synonyms: |
acknowledgment, admission, amends, atonement, concession, confession, defense, excuse, explanation, extenuation, justification, mea culpa, mitigation, plea, redress, reparation, vindication |
Antonyms: |
accusation, censure, charge, complaint, condemnation, criticism, defiance, indictment |
| Main Entry: | autobiography |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written account of one's own life |
Synonyms: |
adventures, bio, biography, confession, diary, experience, journal, letter, letters, life, life story, memoir, personal history, reminiscences, self-portrayal |
| Main Entry: | avowal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acknowledgment |
Synonyms: |
admission, affirmation, announcement, assertion, confession, declaration, oath, proclamation, testimony |
| Main Entry: | biography |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account of person's life |
Synonyms: |
adventures, autobiography, bio, biog, close-up, confessions, diary, experiences, journal, letters, life, life history, life story, memoir, personal account, personal anecdote, personal narrative, personal record, picture, profile, résumé, saga, sketch, vita |
| Main Entry: | concession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | yielding, adjustment |
Synonyms: |
acknowledgment, admission, allowance, assent, authorization, boon, buyback, compromise, confession, copout, deal, giveback, giving in, grant, indulgence, permission, permit, privilege, rollback, sellout, surrender, trade-off, warrant |
Antonyms: |
denial, difference, disagreement, disputation, fighting, protest, refusal, repudiation |
| Main Entry: | creed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, principles |
Synonyms: |
articles of faith, canon, catechism, church, confession, conviction, cult, doctrine, dogma, faith, ideology, persuasion, profession, religion, tenet, weltanschauung |
| Main Entry: | description |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account in speech, writing |
Synonyms: |
ABCs, blow by blow, brief, characterization, chronicle, confession, declaration, definition, delineation, depiction, detail, explanation, explication, fingerprint, information, make, monograph, narration, narrative, picture, portraiture, portrayal, presentment, recital, recitation, record, recountal, rehearsal, report, representation, rundown, sketch, specification, statement, story, summarization, summary, tale, version, vignette, writeup, yarn |
Antonyms: |
misrepresentation |