make a clean breast of vs confess

make a clean breast of and confess both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
make a clean breast of	No	No	Yes	No
confess	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, confess is a hypernym of make a clean breast of; that is, confess is a word with a broader meaning than make a clean breast of:

make a clean breast of: admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
confess: admit (to a wrongdoing)

Other hypernyms of make a clean breast of include concede, profess.

make a clean breast of (verb)	confess (verb)
admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error	confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
	admit (to a wrongdoing)
	confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith

make a clean breast of vs confess

make a clean breast of and confess both are verbs.

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