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Noun: mea culpa  ,mey-u'kûl-pu or ,mee-u'kúl-pu or ,mey-u'kúl-pu
  1. An acknowledgment of your error or guilt
    "The CEO issued a mea culpa for the company's mishandling of customer data";
    - peccavi [archaic]
Interjection: mea culpa  ,mey-u'kûl-pu or ,mee-u'kúl-pu or ,mey-u'kúl-pu
  1. An admission of guilt
    - peccavi [archaic]

Derived forms: mea culpas

Type of: acknowledgement, acknowledgment

Encyclopedia: Mea culpa