Sekirov Dictionary

mea culpa

/ˌmeɪ.əˈkʊl.pə/

exclamation 1
noun 1
verb 1
forms 6

exclamation1

My fault, due to my error; I am to blame.

noun1

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An instance of mea culpa; an apology.
- The president refused to offer any sort of mea culpa on Tuesday, even as the Taliban celebrated their “independence” from America with gunfire in the streets of Kabul. — 2021

verb1

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To apologize for something, especially excessively.
- 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. — 2013

forms

mea culpa'ed · mea culpa'ing · mea culpa's · mea culpae · mea culpas · meis culpis

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