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me⋅a cul⋅pa

  [me-ah kool-pah; Eng. mey-uh kuhl-puh, mee-uh]
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Latin.
through my fault; my fault (used as an acknowledgment of one's responsibility).
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me·a cul·pa   (mā'ə kŭl'pə, mē'ə)   
n.  An acknowledgment of 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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mea culpa [(may-uh kul-puh, kool-puh)]

An expresssion from Catholic ritual that assigns blame to oneself: “I gave you the wrong directions to my house — mea culpa.” From Latin, meaning “my fault” or “my blame.”

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Word Origin & History

mea culpa 
c.1374, from L., lit. "I am to blame," a phrase from the prayer of confession in the L. liturgy.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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