admitting fault
Owning your mistake
Admitting fault is acknowledging responsibility for an error or wrongdoing.
The phrase implies ownership rather than deflection: He had trouble admitting fault, even when the evidence was clear.
In legal contexts, admitting fault can have consequences for liability, which is why insurance companies often advise against it after accidents.
- apologizingAcknowledging a wrongdoing
- confessingAdmitting to a fault
- owningBeing in possession
- my badInformal fault admission
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
blame · guilt · sorry · mistake · responsibility · regret · remorse · mea culpa · eating crow · humble · wrong · error · acknowledgment · contrition · shame · hat in hand · forgiveness · honesty
- apologizingasking forgiveness, confessing, owning up, atoning
- apologiessorry, forgive me, my mistake, mea culpa, sincere apology
- taking responsibilityowning up, confessing, apologizing, accountability, making amends
- dutiesduty, task, obligation, moral obligation, responsibility
- Life-Changing Momentsepiphany, breakthrough, awakening, realization, revelation
- responsibilitiesfollowing through, meeting deadlines, babysitting, supervising, complying
admitting faultblaming others
Assigning fault elsewhere
scapegoating · passing the buck · making excuses · finger-pointing · stonewalling
admitting faultdenying
Refusing to acknowledge
deflecting · covering up · concealing · lying · stonewalling
admitting faultdefensiveness
Resistance to perceived attack
self-justification · doubling down · standing one's ground · digging in · self-righteousness
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