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| acknowledge |
to admit the truth or existence of. [1/3 definitions] |
| admit |
When you admit something, you tell the truth about it even if you don't really want to. [2 definitions] |
| blame |
When you get the blame for something bad that happened, it means that someone thinks or says you are the one who did it. If you take the blame for something, you admit that you did this bad thing or you let other people continue to think that you did it. [1/2 definitions] |
| come clean |
(informal) to admit the truth. |
| concede |
to admit the truth or justice of. [2 definitions] |
| confess |
to admit as true. [1/3 definitions] |
| eat one's words |
to admit that something one said was wrong; take back one's words. |
| grant |
to admit or accept. [1/4 definitions] |
| may |
Sometimes we use "may" when we admit that something is true. Using "may" in this way is like saying "It's true that...." [1/4 definitions] |
| ordain |
to admit to the clergy as a priest, minister, or rabbi in a formal ceremony. [1/2 definitions] |
| own |
to admit or confess (that one has done something or that something is true). [1/4 definitions] |
| recognize |
to admit, understand, or accept as true. [1/3 definitions] |
| throw in the sponge |
to give up; to admit defeat. |
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