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Mea culpa

//ˌmeɪ.əˈkʊl.pə// intj, noun, verb

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    My fault, due to my error; I am to blame.
Noun
  1. 1
    An instance of mea culpa; an apology.

    "For Example, when St. Anthony ſaid his Confiteor, which he did often enough, all the Spectators fell down on their Knees, and gave themſelves ſuch rude Mea Culpa’s as was enough to beat the breath out of their Bodies."

  2. 2
    an acknowledgment of your error or guilt wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To apologize for something, especially excessively. ambitransitive

    "When it was over and he grew tired of not being invited to the good parties on the Vineyard, he mea culpa’ed his way back into the good graces of the liberals who’d abandoned old LBJ years earlier."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the Latin phrase meā culpā (“through my fault”), ablative case of mea culpa (“my fault, guilt”), taken from the Confiteor, a traditional penitential prayer in Western Christianity.

Etymology 2

From the Latin phrase meā culpā (“through my fault”), ablative case of mea culpa (“my fault, guilt”), taken from the Confiteor, a traditional penitential prayer in Western Christianity.

Etymology 3

From the Latin phrase meā culpā (“through my fault”), ablative case of mea culpa (“my fault, guilt”), taken from the Confiteor, a traditional penitential prayer in Western Christianity.

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