admit

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Entry Word: admit

Function: verb

Meaning: to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly <Eliza readily admitted she hadnʼt read the assignment> <you can't bring yourself to admit your mistakes>

Synonyms acknowledge, agree, allow, concede, confess, grant, own (up)

Related Words disburden, unburden, unload; affirm, avow, confirm, profess; accept, recognize, yield; announce, break, broadcast, communicate, declare, disclose, divulge, impart, publish, reveal, spill, tell, unveil; betray, blab, expose, give away, inform, leak, rat, squeal, talk, tattle, tip off, warn, wise up; breathe, whisper

Near Antonyms disallow, disavow, disclaim, disown; contradict, dispute, gainsay, negate, negative; rebut, refute, reject, repudiate; conceal, cover (up), hide, obscure, veil

Antonyms deny

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