confession
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Synonyms & Antonyms for confession
Synonyms
acknowledgment (or acknowledgement), admission, avowal, concession, self-confession
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Over the years, Sirhan has claimed to have no recollection of the shooting or his initial confession. — Don Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, "Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan stable after prison stabbing," 31 Aug. 2019 Since taking office, Mr. Duque has proposed an overhaul of a special justice system the rebels had accepted, on the condition that their confessions would not result in jail sentences. — New York Times, "Colombia’s Former FARC Guerrilla Leader Calls for Return to War," 29 Aug. 2019 This is the appeal of the archive, the opportunity to see a writer up close, informal, not so much choosing his confessions as revealing himself under the skin. — David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, "Inside the archives — and mind — of sci-fi legend Philip K. Dick," 16 Aug. 2019 My confession implied that my identity was simple and fixed. — Cyrus Grace Dunham, The New Yorker, "A Year Without a Name," 12 Aug. 2019 After her confession, Sandra Ames was kept in house arrest in Seoul. — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, "Is justice out of reach for an American teacher murdered in South Korea?," 10 Aug. 2019 That directly contracted his purported confession to attending a training camp for three to six months. — Fox News, "Judge overturns California man's 2006 terror conviction," 31 July 2019 Ja'Naiya Scott was killed by one of at least 35 bullets fired into her home on June 23 A South Carolina teen charged with murder in the death of an 11-year-old girl claims a confession posted to his Facebook page was the work of a hacker. — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, "S.C. Teen Allegedly Confessed on Facebook to Girl's Murder, But He Claims He Got Hacked," 4 July 2019 So, the confession was the heart of the case, and from the beginning, there was some cause to question its credibility. — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, "Noor Salman, Omar Mateen’s Widow, Acquitted in Pulse Shooting," 30 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'confession.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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Note: Courts differ on how a confession establishes the accused's guilt; for example, in some jurisdictions the confession has to establish all the necessary elements of the crime. In order to be admissible as evidence, a confession must be voluntary. A guilty plea is considered a judicial confession.
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