Acknowledge/Admit

Concede/Confess

上述单词均有“承认”的含义。

Acknowledge

v. 

确认，签收，公证，承认(事实、收到文件等)，认领(子女)，指承认责任或义务，所指的承认常带有不自愿或尴尬的色彩。

Acknowledge paternity of the child承认与小孩的亲子关系

receipt of a letter给予信函回执，承认收到信件

Acknowledge the child as his own child承认是他的孩子

Acknowledge the federal court’s jurisdiction承认联邦法院的管辖权

Acknowledge the genuineness of the signature公证签名的真实性

Acknowledge the power承认权力

英文释义：

1. To recognize(something)as being factual or valid <acknowledge the federal court's jurisdiction>.

2. To show that one accepts responsibility for <acknowledge paternity of the child>. 

3. To make known the receipt of <acknowledged the plaintiff's letter.

4. To confirm as genuine before an authorized officer <acknowledged before a notary public>.

5. (Of a notary public or other officer)to certify as genuine <the notary acknowledged the signature as genuine>.

——Black’s Law Dictionary

Admit

v.

承认，供述，允许，多指对过去否认或躲避的问题的承认，有自愿的含义。

Admit a will to probate受理遗嘱检验

Admit sb. to bail允许某人交保

Admit sb. to the bar准许某人成为律师

Admit the document evidence采信文件作为证据

英文释义：

1. declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of.

2. allow to enter; grant entry to.

3. allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of.

4. admit into a group or community.

5. afford possibility.

Concede 

n. 

授予，转让。

v. 

承认。

是指在充分证据的情况下，被迫对最不愿承认的事实的承认。

英文释义：

1. admit (to a wrongdoing).

2. be willing to concede.

3. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another.

4. acknowledge defeat.

Confess

v.

自白，供认，坦白，承认，交代，忏悔，表明信仰，多指认罪或承认缺点等。

Confess after torture屈打成招

Confess without being pressed不打自招

Confessing error认诺错误(被上诉人的答辩对上诉人所作的审判错误陈述即assignment of error予以认诺)

英文释义：

1. confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure.

2. admit (to a wrongdoing).

3. confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith.

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