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Discover LudwigThe phrase "admit error" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when acknowledging a mistake or fault in a statement or action.
Example: "After reviewing the report, I must admit error in my previous calculations."
Alternatives: "acknowledge mistake" or "confess to an error."
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But he does not easily admit error.
She lauded his willingness to admit error.
By contrast Labour has rushed to admit error.
The Conservatives are still refusing to admit error, or apologise.
Nielsen's reluctance to admit error drives its critics to distraction.
Being a Yorkshireman, he was also loth to admit error.
Unwillingness to admit error was a lifelong characteristic.
There's no incentive to admit error, to investigate er ror, to change practices.
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Mrs. Clinton is quick to admit errors and thereby distance herself from the old plan.
For some Allende supporters, the manner of his death was so heroic that it leaves no room to admit errors.
The Marines admit errors were made in keeping track of Rother.
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