Synonyms for own up
own up

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1. own upverb

   Synonyms:
   come clean

2. own upverb

   to acknowledge, confess, or admit guilt. Often used with to.

   Synonyms:
   come clean

Princeton's WordNet

1. make a clean breast of, own up, fess upverb

   admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error

   "the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting"

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1. • Confess

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1. Defense Secretary Ash Carter:

   The U.S. military takes the greatest care in our operations to prevent the loss of innocent life, and when we make mistakes, we own up to them. That's exactly what we're doing right now.

2. President Obama:

   We have to own up to the fact that occasionally there are going to be problems here.

3. Michael Curzio:

   I'm gon na own up, i did parade, demonstrate and picket( inside the Capitol). I can't deny that. You have it on video. I'm not gon na contest it.

4. George Santos:

   I’m embarrassed, and sorry for having embellished my resume, i own up to that…We do stupid things in life.

5. Jim Boeheim:

   It was just an honest mistake on my part, i have to live with that, own up to that and I ’m not here to argue whether or not I should have played or if I should have got suspended.