Admit and Protest

Admit

Admit verb - To accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly.

Protest is an antonym for admit in confess topic.

Protest

Protest verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.

Admit is an antonym for protest.

Common collocations

state admit state protest state
name admit name protest name
nature admit nature protest nature
way admit way protest way
Other words: actions.

Both words in one sentence

  • Armor-Piercing Question As they protest, he asks a question to which they won't admit the answer to, which he exposes thereafter.
  • Snow Means Love In the film version of RENT, snow falls as Mimi and Roger stand outside the cafe after Maureen's protest and finally admit they could have a real relationship together.
  • Waving Signs Around A picture doing the rounds on Twitter shows a respectable middle-class man at a UK protest with a sign that read "I must admit, I too am not overly fond of the present government."
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