me·a cul·pa (māə klpə, kŭl-, mēə)
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Tweet n. An acknowledgment of a personal error or fault: The authors issued a mea culpa after their plagiarism was revealed. interj. Used to express guilt for a personal error or fault. [Latin meā culpā, through my fault : meā, feminine ablative of meus, my + culpā, ablative of culpa, fault.] |
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