“认知悔误”可以翻译为 "cognitive repentance" 或 "realization of one's mistakes with awareness" ,不过更自然和常用的表达可能是 "acknowledgment and regret of one's errors with cognitive awareness" (强调在认知层面意识到并后悔自己的错误) ,或者简单表述为 "realizing and regretting one's mistakes" (意识到并后悔自己的错误) 。
“认知悔误”重点在于突出对自身错误在认知上的觉醒以及随之产生的悔意,“cognitive repentance” 中 “cognitive” 体现认知层面,“repentance” 表示悔悟;“acknowledgment and regret of one's errors with cognitive awareness” 较为全面地传达了这一含义;“realizing and regretting one's mistakes” 则更简洁直接。