-becomeawareofone'serrorsandturnbackfromone'swrongpath;abletocorrectone'sownmistake;beawarethatonehasstrayedfrom(the)rightpath;bedeterminedtocorrectmistakesonehasmade;realizeone'serrorsandmendone'sways;recover[getback]one'sbearingsandreturntothefold;retractfromthewrongpath;returnfromthelostway;returntothecorrectpath;stoponthebrinkofaprecipiceandturnbackfromthewrongpath:
Thecriminalsshouldstopontheprecipice,retractfromthewrongpathandnotgoanyfurther.犯罪分子應當迷途知返，懸崖勒馬，不要在錯誤的道路上繼續(xù)走下去。
