Carter shlogs al cheit

In Yiddish, shlogging al cheit refers to beating one's breast and saying mea culpa (I am guilty). It's a term that's sometimes thrown about lightly, because admitting one's guilt is only the first step of five on the road to repentance. Maimonides identifies five phases: Recognizing that one has sinned, confessing the sin, leaving the sin, regretting the sin, and undertaking not to sin in the