VIR-I-0021
“I said something in anger that wasn't true, and I need to correct it.”
Anger makes liars of good people. Words spoken in anger carry real weight even when they're untrue, sometimes more than accurate ones. Correcting it isn't weakness; it's exactly what honesty requires when it's hard. You don't get to keep the anger and let the false statement stand.
Your Practice
Go back to the person. Not to relitigate the argument, just to say, specifically, what you said that wasn't true and to retract it. Keep it simple. You don't have to apologize for your anger. Just correct the false statement. That's the debt you owe to the truth.
The Architects
“A man who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; he ought only to consider whether in doing anything he is doing right or wrong.”
Socrates, Plato, Apology 28b (Benjamin Jowett translation)