Usually means: Admit responsibility for one's actions.
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▸ verb:  (transitive with to) To acknowledge, confess, or admit guilt or responsibility.

Similar:
front up, step forward, fess up, 'fess up, confess, put one's hands up, take responsibility, put one's hand up, come clean, confesse, more...

Opposite:
deny, disavow, disclaim, repudiate, refute

Phrases:
own up to, confess or own up to, to own up to, more...

Adjectives:
accept, own, clear, fess, deferent, ok, acceptant, avail, approbate, admissive, acknowledged

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Similar:
front up, step forward, fess up, 'fess up, confess, put one's hands up, take responsibility, put one's hand up, come clean, confesse, more...

Opposite:
deny, disavow, disclaim, repudiate, refute

Phrases:
own up to, confess or own up to, to own up to, more...

Adjectives:
accept, own, clear, fess, deferent, ok, acceptant, avail, approbate, admissive, acknowledged



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