To admit or acknowledge.

供认；承认。

To profess, as a religious belief.

【古】表明对...之信仰(如宗教)。

To hear a confession from: said of a priest.

听人告解(指神父而言)。

To tell (one's sins) to a priest.

忏悔。

To disclose the state of one's conscience to a priest and receive absolution.

告解。

Of a priest, to hear a confession.

听人告解。

To make an acknowledgment.

承认。