The phrase "admitting to previous" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when acknowledging or confessing to something that has happened before, often in a context of accountability or honesty.
Example: "He is admitting to previous mistakes he made during the project."
Alternatives: "acknowledging past" or "confessing to earlier".
The RSPB did so in 2012, admitting to previous disagreements and in-fighting.
But the hidden political agenda may be to save the government from admitting to previous mistakes.Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), already 58% state-owned, will cancel £5 billion of preference shares owned by the government, in exchange for ordinary shares, which will take the state's shareholding to 70%.
Furthermore, cultural issues about admitting to previous suicidal attempts may have affected the rates of attempted suicide reported in this study.
Both men admitted to previous sexual contacts in the restroom.
He was admitted to previous debates solely because he is a former senator.
Both paparazzi were of middle age and admitted to previous ownership of several VWs — I recall one of the men saying he'd owned a dozen — and both were eager to know whether the Scirocco was making something more than a cameo appearance.
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who took office last month, has admitted to previous "excesses" by security forces and vowed to govern for all Iraqis.
Some services go further, refusing to enlist anyone who admits to previous recreational drug use.
He admitted to previous drug addiction, has already shown unstable behavior, and left a notebook out that was filled with some disturbing words of self-loathing.
Following Henry McLeish's resignation, Lord McConnell won the job - openly admitting to a previous extra-marital affair in the process - and taking on the post while wondering whether devolution could survive.
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan typically require cooperating witnesses to admit to all previous crimes — even those the government is unaware of — and to stop committing them.
