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encyclopediaSynonyms: acknowledge,
Windows 7 Professional, admit,
Office Professional 2010 Key, own, avow, confess,
Office Pro 2007, concede
These verbs mean to admit the reality or truth of something,
Windows 7 Home Basic Key, often reluctantly. To acknowledge is to accept responsibility for something one makes known: He acknowledged his mistake.
Admit implies reluctance in acknowledging one's acts or another point of view: "She was attracted by the frankness of a suitor who . . . admitted that he did not believe in marriage" (Edith Wharton).
Own stresses personal acceptance and responsibility: She owned that she feared for the child's safety.
Avow means to assert openly and boldly: "Old Mrs. Webb avowed that he, in the space of two hours, had worn out her pew more . . . than she had by sitting in it forty years" (Kate Douglas Wiggin).
Confess usually emphasizes disclosure of something damaging or inconvenient to oneself: I have to confess that I lied to you.
To concede is to intellectually accept something,
Windows 7 Professional Product Key, often against one's will: The lawyer refused to concede that the two cases had similarities.