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mea culpa

me·a cul·pa [ mày ə kl p ]


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



noun  (plural me·a cul·pas)
Definition:
 
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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