The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
unbosoming — v. reveal one s thoughts (or fears, concerns, etc.), confide in someone … English contemporary dictionary
Unbosom — Un*bos om, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Unbosomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Unbosoming}.] [1st pref. un + bosom.] To disclose freely; to reveal in confidence, as secrets; to confess; often used reflexively; as, to unbosom one s self. Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Unbosomed — Unbosom Un*bos om, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Unbosomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Unbosoming}.] [1st pref. un + bosom.] To disclose freely; to reveal in confidence, as secrets; to confess; often used reflexively; as, to unbosom one s self. Milton. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
acknowledgment — Synonyms and related words: abject apology, acceptance, acknowledgments, acquittance, admission, allowance, answer, answering, antiphon, apology, appreciation, avowal, back, back answer, back matter, back talk, backchat, bastard title,… … Moby Thesaurus
admission — Synonyms and related words: Americanization, OK, acceptance, access, acculturation, acknowledging, acknowledgment, acquisition, adit, admissibility, admission fee, admittance, admitting, adoption, affidavit, affiliation, affirmation, allegation,… … Moby Thesaurus
avowal — Synonyms and related words: acceptance, acknowledgment, admission, affidavit, affirmance, affirmation, allegation, allowance, announcement, annunciation, appreciation, assertion, asseveration, attest, attestation, averment, avouchment,… … Moby Thesaurus
concession — Synonyms and related words: abatement, abatement of differences, acceptance, accommodation, accordance, acknowledgment, adjustment, admission, agio, allowance, appease, appreciation, arrangement, assuage, avowal, award, awarding, bank discount,… … Moby Thesaurus
confession — Synonyms and related words: abject apology, acceptance, acknowledgment, adherents, admission, agape, allowance, apology, appreciation, asperges, aspersion, auricular confession, avowal, bar mitzvah, bas mitzvah, breast beating, by line,… … Moby Thesaurus
shrift — Synonyms and related words: absolution, acknowledgment, admission, amnesty, avowal, concession, confession, exculpation, excuse, exemption, exoneration, grace, immunity, indemnity, owning, owning up, pardon, redemption, remission, remission of… … Moby Thesaurus
confession — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of confessing] Syn. concession, acknowledgment, admission, allowance, owning to, owning up*, revelation, revealing, disclosure, divulgence, publication, affirmation, assertion, unbosoming, utterance, vent,… … English dictionary for students
