The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CONFESS , but the solution may also be STANDCORRECTED which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in Newsday).
Admit one's mistakes crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CONFESS | 33 % | 7 |
| EATCROW | 33 % | 7 |
| STANDCORRECTED | 33 % | 14 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Admit one's mistakes
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fault
- confess
- correct
- confessing
- imbibe
- own
- forbear
- confession
- learn
- shrive
- comprise
- justify
Crossword Answer definitions
CONFESS verb- To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
- To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.
- To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution.
- To hear or receive such a confession of sins from.
- To disclose or reveal.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result CONFESS
- Tell in a crime story?
- Unburden the soul
- Cave to police pressure, in a way
- Come clean
- Talk about sin, in a way
- Admit
- Stop stonewalling, maybe
- Own up
- Tell all
- Own up to one's sins
More clues leading to the result EATCROW
- Admit failure
- Recant humbly
- Suffer humiliation
- Accept a humiliating defeat
- Face up to being utterly wrong
- Swallow one's pride
- Retreat with one's tail between one's legs
- Have humble pie
- Issue an embarrassing retraction
- Face up to an embarrassing mistake