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There is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses for things that cannot be excused confessing just names the crimes at its full severity.

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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
New York City
New York
Veronica Anne Roth
Crime
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Confessing
Differences
Severity
Full
Admitting
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