make a clean breast of make • make-ado · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · make a clean breast of · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 22 · · Length 5 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (verb) admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error. Synonyms: make a clean breast of, own up, fess up. Example: "The writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting." · · Verb Definition 1 Synonyms · · · own up · · Synonym 1 fess up · · Synonym 2 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 b latin small letter b U+0062 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 f latin small letter f U+0066 k latin small letter k U+006B l latin small letter l U+006C m latin small letter m U+006D n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074