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mea culpa

 

mea culpa [máy ə klpə]

interjection

expressing guilt or fault: used to express an admission of your own guilt (formal or humorous)

 

 

noun (plural mea culpas)

formal apology: a formal apology or acknowledgment of responsibility or guilt

His grudging mea culpa failed to soothe feelings.

 

 

 

[< Latin, '(through) my fault', from the prayer of confession in the Roman Catholic Church's Latin liturgy]

 

 

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