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Colloq come clean: She confessed her part in the swindle.
Confronted with the evidence, he confessed.
confidence
n. 1 trust, reliance, faith; belief: Your parents have a great
deal of confidence in you. 2 assurance, self-confidence,
self-assurance, self-reliance, poise, aplomb, coolness;
conviction, certitude, boldness, courage, nerve: We admire the
confidence she shows in her daring plan. 3 in confidence. in
secrecy, in privacy, privately, confidentially, intimately,
Colloq on the q.t. or Q.T.: I am telling you this in
confidence.
confident adj. 1 secure, sure, certain, assured, positive, convinced: I
feel confident that we shall get the contract. 2
self-confident, self-assured, self-possessed, reliant,
self-reliant, dauntless, bold, cool, cocksure, fearless,
courageous, Colloq cocky: He strode into the room with a
confident air.
confidential
adj. private, secret, intimate; classified; Colloq hush-hush:
These confidential papers must never be out of your possession.
confirm v. 1 ratify, sanction, authorize, endorse, support, sustain,
approve, uphold, back up, validate, verify, recognize;
authenticate, accredit: By-laws shall not take effect unless
confirmed by the local authority. 2 establish, settle, affirm,
ensure, clinch, substantiate, guarantee, bind, seal: The king
thereby confirmed his control over the islands. 3 strengthen,
encourage, fortify, reinforce, corroborate, substantiate,
buttress, prove: Later events confirmed his opinion.
confiscate
v. appropriate, seize, impound, sequester, sequestrate,
expropriate, take (away), commandeer: The police confiscated my
car to use as evidence.
conflict n. 1 fight, battle, combat, engagement, struggle, war, fray,
fracas, affray, brawl, Donnybrook: Gurkha troops entered the
conflict. 2 dispute, argument, controversy, wrangle,
contention, disagreement, altercation, feud, quarrel, row;
squabble, tiff, Colloq spat: The counsellor was unable to