a fault confessed is half redressed

Proverb

 * 1) By confessing to one's own faults, one will begin to make amends.

Translations

 * Dutch: beter ten halve gekeerd dan ten hele gedwaald
 * Esperanto: post konfeso venas forgeso
 * Finnish: tunnustettu virhe on puoliksi korjattu
 * French:
 * Russian: пови́нную го́лову и меч не сечёт