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Confide

To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers.

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Broader term 12

Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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Disclose 76% connected

To unclose; to open; -- applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch.

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Discover 76% connected

To uncover.

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Divulge 76% connected

To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; -- said of that which…

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Expose 76% connected

To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Give 76% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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Hand 76% connected

That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reach 76% connected

To retch.

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Reveal 76% connected

To make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show.

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Uncover 76% connected

To take the cover from; to divest of covering; as, to uncover a box, bed, house, or the like; to uncover one's body.

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Unwrap 76% connected

To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.

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Manner of action 7

Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Commend 76% connected

To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation.

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Consign 76% connected

To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of…

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Obligate 76% connected

To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.

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Recommit 76% connected

To commit again; to give back into keeping; specifically, to refer again to a committee; as, to recommit a bill to the same committee.

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Relieve 76% connected

To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.

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Unbosom 76% connected

To disclose freely; to reveal in confidence, as secrets; to confess; -- often used reflexively; as, to unbosom one's self.

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Derivationally related 4

Confidant 74% connected

Alt. of Confidante

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Confidant 74% connected

Alt. of Confidante

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Confidence 74% connected

The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Confidence 74% connected

The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in.

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Entails 1

Trust 72% connected

Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; relia…

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Synonym 4

Commit 92% connected

To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Entrust 92% connected

See Intrust.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Intrust 92% connected

To deliver (something) to another in trust; to deliver to (another) something in trust; to commit or surrender (something) to another with a certain…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Trust 92% connected

Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; relia…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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