Confess
Tell
Tell verb - To make known (as information previously kept secret).
Usage example: I won't tell your secret to anyone
Confess is a synonym for tell in acknowledgement topic. Sometimes you can use "Confess" instead a verb "Tell", if it concerns topics such as communicate, admit.
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Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In the current timeline, however, he manages to tell her his feelings, and Suwa is the one who doesn't confess to her instead.
Source: Manga / Orange - Perhaps the character is mentally ill and is willing to confess to just about anything the police tell him to confess to.
Source: False Confession -
In Sayuri's body, Yuuki realizes that he loves Sayuri, so he decides to go to confess but before he gets to confess Sayuri tells him that she has something important to tell him.
Source: Triang Relations
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