honest mistake
Unintentional sincere blunder
An honest mistake is an error made without intent to deceive or cause harm—a genuine slip rather than negligence or malice.
The phrase often serves as a defense or excuse: It was an honest mistake; I thought the meeting was at noon.
Calling something an honest mistake implies the person shouldn't be blamed too harshly.
- slipMinor error or misstep
- slip of the tongueUnintended verbal error
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- human errorMistakes by people
accident · miscalculation · goof · oops · my bad · unintentional · genuine · innocent · forgivable · no harm done · apologize · regret · misunderstanding · fumble · whoops · sincere · meant well · careless
- mistakesslip, error, errors, blunder, blunders
- oopsoops, whoops, whoopsie, oopsie, woopsie
- legal ignoranceignorance of law
- innocenceinnocent, innocence, purity, pure, blameless
- white liesfine thanks, happy to help, my pleasure, no trouble, love it
- Candor Phrasestruth be told, frankly, to tell the truth, speaking frankly, candor
honest mistakewillful misconduct
Intentional improper action
conscious choice · intentional harm · bad faith · mens rea · criminal intent
honest mistakelie
Deliberate falsehood
fraud · deceit · betrayal · willful ignorance · treachery
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