confess

verbs

confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
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admit (to a wrongdoing)
"She confessed that she had taken the money"
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confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith
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declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
"He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"