v confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressurev admit (to a wrongdoing)v confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith
a. 公开的, 有定论的, 明白的, 众所周知的, 已认罪的, 自认的, 自称的[法] 坦白的, 认罪的, 自己承认的