Mea Culpa Definition

māə ko͝olpə, kŭl-, mēə
noun
An apology or an acknowledgment of guilt.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:

My fault, due to my error; my bad.

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Other Word Forms of Mea Culpa

Noun

Singular:
mea culpa
Plural:
mea culpas, mea culpae

Origin of Mea Culpa

  • Latin meā culpā through my fault meā feminine ablative of meus my culpā ablative of culpa fault

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the Latin phrase meā culpā (“through my fault"), from mea (“my, mine") and culpa (“fault") in the ablative

    From Wiktionary

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