Usually means: Admitting to wrongdoing under oath.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. self-incrimination: Merriam-Webster
  2. self-incrimination: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. self-incrimination: Vocabulary.com
  4. self-incrimination: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. self-incrimination: Wiktionary
  6. self-incrimination: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. self-incrimination: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. self-incrimination: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. self-incrimination: Dictionary.com
  10. Self-incrimination: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. self-incrimination: Rhymezone
  12. self-incrimination: FreeDictionary.org
  13. self-incrimination: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. self-incrimination: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. self-incrimination: Wordnik

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. self-incrimination: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. self-incrimination: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. Self-Incrimination: Legal dictionary
  6. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

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  1. self-incrimination: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (self-incrimination)

▸ noun:  Act of giving testimony, in a trial, that would incriminate oneself.

Similar:
incrimination, testification, testimonial, singing, self-recrimination, confessional, examination-in-chief, appellancy, confession, recrimination, more...

Opposite:
self-exoneration, exculpation, absolution, acquittal

Phrases:
freedom from self-incrimination, privilege against self-incrimination, more...

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Similar:
incrimination, testification, testimonial, singing, self-recrimination, confessional, examination-in-chief, appellancy, confession, recrimination, more...

Opposite:
self-exoneration, exculpation, absolution, acquittal

Phrases:
freedom from self-incrimination, privilege against self-incrimination, more...



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