Synonyms of the word

confess

• v. To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
• v. To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.
• v. (religion) To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution.
• v. (religion) To hear or receive such a confession of sins from.
• v. To disclose or reveal.

acknowledge

• v. (transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in.
• v. To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority…
• v. To be grateful of (e.g. a benefit or an favour).
• v. To notify receipt, as of a letter.
• v. To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in…

admit

• v. (transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration;…
• v. (transitive) To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for…
• v. (transitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible…
• v. (transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
• v. (intransitive) To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).
• v. (transitive) To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.

concede

• v. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant.
• v. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
• v. To admit to be true; to acknowledge.
• v. To yield or make concession.
• v. (sports) To have a goal or point scored against.
• v. (cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.

fink

• n. (chiefly US, slang) A contemptible person; an informer; a strikebreaker.
• v. (chiefly US, slang) To betray a trust; to inform on.

profess

• v. (transitive) To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order.…
• v. (reflexive) To declare oneself (to be something).
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To declare; to assert, affirm.
• v. (transitive) To make a claim (to be something), to lay claim to (a given quality, feeling etc.), often…
• v. (transitive) To declare one's adherence to (a religion, deity, principle etc.).
• v. (transitive) To work as a professor of; to teach.
• v. (transitive, now rare) To claim to have knowledge or understanding of (a given area of interest, subject…

shrive

• v. (transitive and intransitive) To hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.).
• v. (transitive) To prescribe penance or absolution.
• v. (intransitive or reflexive) To confess, and receive absolution.

squeal

• n. A high-pitched sound, such as the scream of a child, or noisy worn-down brake pads.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To scream with a shrill, prolonged sound.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To give sensitive information about someone to a third party; to rat on someone.