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peccavi

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pec⋅ca⋅vi

[pe-key-vahy, -vee, -kah-vee]
–noun, plural -vis.
a confession of guilt or sin.

Origin:
1500–10; < L: lit., I have sinned, perf. 1st person sing. of peccāre to go wrong
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pec·ca·vi   (pě-kä'wē, -vē, -kā'vī')   
n.   pl. pec·ca·vis
A confession of sin.

[Latin peccāvī, I have sinned, first person sing. perfect tense of peccāre, to sin; see peccable.]
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