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MEA CULPA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mea culpa mean?
• MEA CULPA (noun)
The noun MEA CULPA has 1 sense:
1. an acknowledgment of your error or guilt
Familiarity information: MEA CULPA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An acknowledgment of your error or guilt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mea culpa" is a kind of...):
acknowledgement; acknowledgment (a statement acknowledging something or someone)
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