Related Clues:

• Says openly
• Says with a hand in the air, perhaps
• Says with conviction
• A promise is what one admits to
• Boldly states
• Says solemnly
• Admits bluntly
• Attests
• States bluntly
• Says for certain
• Admits making promises
• Swears a volume with expressions of pain
• States candidly
• Openly confesses
• States frankly