"a fault confessed is half redressed" meaning in English

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Proverb

Head templates: {{head|en|proverb|head=}} a fault confessed is half redressed, {{en-proverb}} a fault confessed is half redressed
  1. By confessing to one's own faults, one will begin to make amends. Translations (Translations): beter ten halve gekeerd dan ten hele gedwaald (Dutch), post konfeso venas forgeso (Esperanto), tunnustettu virhe on puoliksi korjattu (Finnish), faute avouée est à moitié pardonnée (French), пови́нную го́лову и меч не сечёт (povínnuju gólovu i meč ne sečót) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-a_fault_confessed_is_half_redressed-en-proverb-C9Z~6~66 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English proverbs, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys

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