acknowledgment of error
Example Sentences
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Of course, a public official’s acknowledgment of error doesn’t necessarily absolve them of accountability.
From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2022
If his comments weren’t strictly an apology, they at least were an acknowledgment of error.
From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2016
Even rarer in some ways was the frank public acknowledgment of error by the hospital, followed by a sincere apology from her doctor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perhaps, had Philip heard this half acknowledgment of error, much evil might have been prevented.
From The Rival Crusoes The Ship Wreck also A Voyage to Norway; and The Fisherman's Cottage. by Strickland, Agnes
Having said so much, we must however add, that a liberal and ingenious acknowledgment of error is not among the shining qualities of our neighbours.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 by Various
