| admit(verb, state, give, accept, agree) |
| confess(verb, state, accept, agree, allow) |
| acknowledge(verb, state, give, accept, agree) |
| avow(verb, state, give, accept, agree) |
| allow(verb, state, accept, agree, declare) |
| open up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, state, accept) |
| affirm(verb, state, accept, agree, allow) |
| confirm(verb, state, accept, agree, allow) |
| declare(verb, state, accept, agree, deliver) |
| proclaim(verb, state, accept, agree, allow) |
| profess(verb, state, give, accept, agree) |
| recognize(verb, state, accept, agree, allow) |
| act as if(expression, acknowledge, admit, assert) |
| agree(verb, state, accept, allow, declare) |
| allege(acknowledge, admit, assert, confess) |
| announce(acknowledge, admit, assert, confess) |
| assert(state, declare, acknowledge, confirm, admit) |
| asseverate(acknowledge, admit, assert, confess) |
| avouch(state, declare, acknowledge, admit, assert) |
| blow hot air(expression, idiom, admit, confess) |