take responsibility · apologize · truth · guilt · honest · blame · mistake · reveal · disclose · accept · accountable · remorse · sorry · face · confront · transparency · courage · vulnerable
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Related — confess (Acknowledge wrongdoing openly); admit (Confess or grant entry); acknowledge (Confirm receipt or truth); fess up · come clean · take responsibility · apologize · truth · guilt · honest · blame · mistake · reveal
acknowledgment of responsibilityown up to ≠ deny Refuse to admit; cover up · disavow · disclaim · pass the buck · lie about
transparency vs. concealmentown up to ≠ hide Conceal or pelt; conceal · cover up · suppress · bury · hush up
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/own_up_to