To hear or receive such a confession of sins from.
To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.
To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution.
To disclose or reveal.
To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
To make a renunciation of something.
To cast off, repudiate.
To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration.
To fail to follow suit; playing a card of a different suit when having no card of the suit led.
To give up, resign, surrender.
To surrender formally some right or trust.
To decline further association with someone or something, disown.
An act of renouncing.