What is another word for confessions?

Pronunciation: [kənfˈɛʃənz] (IPA)

Confessions are the act of admitting to a wrongdoing or revealing a secret. There are several synonyms for confessions such as admissions, declarations, revelations, disclosures, avowals, explanations, and testimonies. All these words imply the act of making something known to others. Admissions and declarations imply the acknowledgment of guilt or wrongdoing. Disclosures and revelations refer to revealing hidden or unknown information. Testimonies suggest an honest and truthful account of an event or experience. Avowals and explanations refer to the sincere declaration of one's beliefs or opinions. In essence, all these synonyms convey the idea of revealing something that was previously unknown or kept secret.

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Usage examples for Confessions

The warriors, who below continually surrounded the King in a compact circle, came running up as fast as their legs could carry them to see what was happening, and soon became convinced with their own eyes and from the confessions of the fetish-men that the bad Mzimu before which heretofore they trembled was only a hollowed-out trunk with monkey skin stretched over it.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
We have exchanged so many confessions," he went on, "that it would be foolish to keep back, one, which to be sure is wholly personal and may not interest you.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse
Multitudes of his people who attended my trial, whom I know defended him at the time he kidnapped me, came to me with these voluntary confessions: "Mrs. Packard, I always knew you were not insane."
"Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity"
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard

Famous quotes with Confessions

  • Because interrogations are intended to coerce confessions, interrogators feel themselves justified in using their coercive means. Consistency regarding the technique is not important; inducing anxiety and fear is the point.
    Aldrich Ames
  • Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and the very magnitude of the crime the best excuse for doing nothing.
    Hannah Arendt
  • Many religious confessions share common values. They teach that we should do unto others as we would have them do unto us.
    Russell M. Nelson
  • All confessions are Odysseys.
    Raymond Queneau
  • Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.
    Fulton J. Sheen

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