Currently writing a thesis, and a thesaurus has not yielded any positive results. If avoidable, I would love to stop repeating 'reflect', 'reflection' etc, in my paper.
Thank you in advance.
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It really depends on the nature of the "mistake". Is there remorse and contrition? It was a mistake to give you so much responsibility when you were so young. Or is it merely a practical kind of learning, such as "I won't take that route at rush hour again."– TimRCommented Mar 4, 2019 at 11:41
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If memory serves me, "reflection" does not necessarily mean drawing from the past. You might consider "self-correction (or self-correcting)" to describe learning from one's mistakes. Words along the line of being reminded (remembrance), could be "retrospection", "recollection", or "hindsight" as possible noun choices for "reflection". They have verb/adj/idiomatic forms as well. Their meanings all reflect the idea of drawing on past knowledge for present application (not necessarily past mistakes). From these, you will probably find other possibilities.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/self-correction
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/reflection
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/retrospection
