וְאִם כְּבָר עָבַר וְשָׁמַע לָשׁוֹן הָרָע וְהֶאֱמִין בְּלִבּוֹ, בֵּין שֶׁהוּא מֵחֶלְקֵּי הַגְּנוּת שֶׁבֵּין אָדָם לַמָּקוֹם וּבֵין שֶׁבֵּין אָדָם לַחֲבֵרוֹ, (לג) תִּקּוּנוֹ, שֶׁיִּתְחַזֵּק לְהוֹצִּיא הַדְּבָרִים מִּלִּבּוֹ, שֶׁלֹּא לְהַאֲמִּינָם, וִיקַבֵּל עַל עַצְּמוֹ עַל לְהַבָּא, שֶׁלֹּא לְקַבֵּל עוֹד לָשׁוֹן הָרָע עַל אָדָם מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל, וְיִתְוַדֶּה עַל זֶה, וּבָזֶה יְתַקֵּן הַלָּאוִין וְהָעֲשִׂין שֶׁעָבַר עַל יְדֵי קַבָּלַת לָשׁוֹן הָרָע, כַּמְבֹאָר לְעֵיל בַּפְּתִיחָה, (לד) אִם עֲדַיִן לֹא סִפֵּר לַאֲחֵרִים.
And if he already heard lashon hara and accepted it in his heart, both in the area of "between man and his Maker" and that "between man and his neighbor," his amendment is that he strengthen himself to remove these things from his heart, that he not believe them, and to take it upon himself for the future not to accept lashon hara anymore about any man of Israel. And he should confess this, and thereby he will correct [his transgression of] the negative and positive commandments that he was guilty of by accepting lashon hara, as explained above in the introduction, if he has not yet related it to others (see Be'er Mayim Chayim).