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| me·a cul·pa [ mày ə kl p ] |
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expressing guilt or fault: used to express an admission of your own guilt
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noun (plural me·a cul·pas) |
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formal apology: a formal apology or acknowledgment of responsibility or guilt
 His grudging mea culpa failed to soothe feelings.
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| [< Latin, "(through) my fault," from the prayer of confession in the Roman Catholic Church's Latin liturgy] |
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