own up to

The cruelty is often the point, and that’s true even from a party that can’t own up to its own cruelty.

"I will own up to being a knucklehead at times, but the folks closest to me know that I keep my word."

Taylor agrees that white supremacy runs through Palm Springs’s history and that white residents today must be willing to own up to that legacy.

That doesn’t augur well for a man who has spent a lifetime failing to own up to misconduct.

He tends not to give much away about his personality in interviews, but is happy to own up to having a competitive streak.