I . v. a.
1.
Acknowledge ( as a crime or fault ), own, avow, admit.
2.
Admit, grant, concede, recognize.
3.
( Poetical .) Attest, prove, show, exhibit, manifest, be proof of.
4.
Receive or hear one's ~ion ( as a priest ), shrive.
II . v. n.
Acknowledge one's sins ( to a priest ), go to the ~ional.