"confess" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- It's an old truth about politicians that voters love to forgive them, but that to win forgiveness they must first confess error.
- By confessing error, the Solicitor General declares that the federal government's position, which prevailed in the lower court, was wrong.
- In 2011, the Acting Solicitor General officially confessed error in that regard.
- He has lost the confidence of Congress and this will not be restored by confessing error and promising to "take charge" in his last two years.
- Enron executives are not the only ones who dislike confessing error.
- They say we would rather take cyanide than confess error.
- He confessed error, notably on breaking his "no new taxes" pledge.
- Honorable prosecutors often confess error in such circumstances, at least acquiescing in a new sentencing hearing before a fully informed jury.
- Problem: Malpractice lawyers profit when hospitals confess error.
- The candidate returned an hour later to confess error: Job was in the Old Testament, not the New.
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