plead guilty
verb
Roget 950:
repent,
be sorry for;
be penitent
etc.
adj.;
rue;
regret
etc.
833;
think better of;
recant
etc.
607;
knock under
etc.
(submit)
725;
plead guilty;
sing miserere [Lat.],
sing de profundis [Lat.];
cry peccavi;
own oneself in the wrong;
acknowledge,
confess
&c.,
(disclose)
529;
humble oneself;
beg pardon
etc.
(apologize)
952;
turn over a new leaf,
put on the new man,
turn from sin;
reclaim;
repent in sackcloth and ashes
&c.,
(do penance)
952;
learn by experience.
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Moby thesaurus: acknowledge, admit, admit everything, allow, apologize, avow, beg pardon, come clean, concede, confess, cop a plea, do penance, grant, let on, open up, out with it, own, own up, reform, repent, spill, spill it, spit it out, tell all, tell the truth, think better of ... show more.
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