confession of ignorance

Example Sentences

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While we have no reason to dispute Kennedy’s confession of ignorance about the nation’s security, we do know a great deal more than he lets on.

From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2019

I also knew that universities did not reward ignorance, or the confession of ignorance, and so I kept my ignorance to myself and pretended that I knew what I was doing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2017

A confession of ignorance is not enough here. 

From The Fair Haven by Streatfeild, R. A. (Richard Alexander)

But isn't my question absolutely a confession of ignorance and a renunciation of thought?

From The Awkward Age by James, Henry

He could see that she was venturing beyond her depths; but he realized that a confession of ignorance was the last thing he must ever expect from her.

From One Man in His Time by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson