Mea Culpa Definition

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

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

Mea Culpa Sentence Examples

  • I expect the newspaper to be issuing a mea culpa any day now for the startling inconsistencies in its most recent article.

  • The business president gathered all of his employees in order to issue a formal mea culpa regarding the company's mistakes.

  • I must give a mea culpa to my parents before they will forgive me for my wrongdoing.

  • Many of the banks involved in this situation have pleaded mea culpa.

  • The business's president gathered all of his employees in order to issue a formal mea culpa regarding the company's mistakes.

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Words Starting With

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