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61confess — v 1. acknowledge, admit, allow, grant, concede, avow, own, Inf. own up, Sl. fess up, Sl. come clean, Sl. cop a plea, plead guilty; disbosom, unbosom oneself, make a clean breast, take the load off one s mind, come out with, Inf. get it off one s… …
62Blue Ribbon campaign (Fiji) — The Blue Ribbon campaign was the name for the campaign promoting support for the controversial legislation introduced by the Fijian Government in 2005 to establish a Reconciliation and Unity Commission. The name specifically comes from the blue… …
63disclosure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Bringing to light Nouns 1. disclosure, divulgence, unveiling, revealing, revealment, revelation; exposition, exposure, expose; whole truth; telling (see information); acknowledgment, admission,… …
64confess — verb 1) he confessed that he had done it Syn: admit, acknowledge, reveal, disclose, divulge, avow, declare, profess; own up, tell all Ant: deny 2) they could not make him confess …
65reveal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. disclose, show, divulge, announce, display, exhibit, expose, bare. See disclosure, visibility. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make known] Syn. disclose, divulge, tell, betray, betray a confidence,… …
66lay something bare — REVEAL, disclose, divulge, show, expose, exhibit, uncover, unveil, unmask, make a clean breast of, make known, make public. → lay * * * lay something bare phrase to make something known that has been hidden or secret All the facts of the… …
67Disclosure — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disclosure >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disclosure disclosure Sgm: N 1 retection| retection| Sgm: N 1 unveiling unveiling &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 deterration deterration revealment revelation Sgm: N …
68expectorate — (v.) c.1600, to clear out the chest or lungs, from L. expectoratus, pp. of expectorare scorn, expel from the mind, lit. make a clean breast, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + pectus (gen. pectoris) breast (see PECTORAL (Cf …
69The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger — The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes . ynopsisHolmes is visited by Mrs.… …
70get off one's chest — informal I ve known what really happened for years, and I d like to finally get it off my chest Syn: confess, disclose, divulge, reveal, make known, make public, make a clean breast of, bring into the open, tell all about, get a load off one s… …
