请罪主动承认过错并请求处罚。例肉袒伏斧质请罪。——《史记廉颇蔺相如列传》于城上请罪。——《资治通鉴唐纪》英admit one's error and ask for punishment;表示歉意。英apologize;
负荆请罪背上荆条请求责罚。表示真诚地认罪赔礼。例我则做小负荆请罪。——《元曲选外编渑池会》英proffer a birch and ask for a flogging; apology for wrong-doing; be contrite and ask for pardon; carry a rod on one's back and ask to be punished; carry firewood a