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mea culpa
[mey-uh kuhl-puh, mee-uh, me-ah kool-pah]
interjection
my fault! (used as an acknowledgment of one's responsibility).
noun
plural
mea culpasan acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
mea culpa
/ ˈmeɪɑː ˈkʊlpɑː /
an acknowledgment of guilt
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mea culpa1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mea culpa1
Example Sentences
I don’t want to wait until Jake Tapper writes a post-mortem book about Trump and then goes on another mea culpa tour to publicize it.
In a mea culpa statement to the court, Hancock explained that the errors might have crept into his declaration when he cut-and-pasted a note to himself.
But his mea culpa did little to appease the public.
The murderous mea culpa was shared in a trailer for the upcoming Peacock docuseries "Making Manson."
In other words, she could suck the power out of Trump’s demagoguery with a truthful, disarming mea culpa, display a capacity for learning and follow with a forceful declaration of victory.
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When To Use
Mea culpa is the Latin way of saying my bad. It literally means “through my (own) fault.”Mea culpa can be used as an interjection (much like my fault or my bad) or as a noun referring to an apology, as in The senator offered a mea culpa during the press conference.Example: Dave usually has a hard time admitting he’s wrong, so his mea culpa means a lot.
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