出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第255页（230字）
【词性】：v．
【释义】：
①供认，承认，坦白，自首：leniency to those who confess 坦白从宽．confess to a fault承认错误．He confessed that he was guilty．他承认有罪．He confessed himself(to be)in the wrong．他认了错．②【宗】(向神父)忏悔；(神父)听忏悔．③声明(自己的信仰、主义、原则等)．