acknowledged

“I was a nobody there,” Sisler insisted in a telephone interview, during which he slurred his words and acknowledged he was drunk.

It must be acknowledged, however, that the problem which faced this General was one of great difficulty.

He took it boldly; and to-day, had you asked him, he would have acknowledged with a smile that he did not repent.

Jabez Smith acknowledged his identity and received news of his brother-in-law and his daughter with no signs of pleasure.

Again he acknowledged, and again they were defeated in finding, and the same reason given as before.

He then acknowledged that the notion of "a methodical regularity" in the Essay on Criticism was a "groundless opinion."