confide (one’s thoughts or feelings) v.t., v.i.: unbosom
The President had received a copy of the page proofs and, in response, now confessed to Wattenberg that in his first two years in office he had “lost the language” of values, and thereby “let Democrats down.” … Clinton’s unbosoming certainly helped, however briefly, to call attention to this book, and to Wattenberg’s cause. (Richard Brookhiser, Values Matter Most [Book Reviews], Commentary, 04-01-1996, p. 62.)
