make a clean breast of 1verbdomain: v speakingPrinceton WordNet [ver.3.1]EnglishDefinitionadmit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or errorReport errorPath to highest hypernymMorphologySynset graphExamples1.the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwritingSynonymsown up 1admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or errorfess up 1admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error