Usually means: Acknowledgment of one's own fault.
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  1. mea culpa: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. mea culpa: Merriam-Webster
  3. mea culpa: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. mea culpa: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. mea culpa: Collins English Dictionary
  6. mea culpa: Vocabulary.com
  7. mea-culpa: Wordnik
  8. mea culpa: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. mea culpa: Wiktionary
  10. mea culpa: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. mea culpa: Dictionary.com
  12. mea culpa: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Mea Culpa (Part II), Mea Culpa (album), Mea Culpa (disambiguation), Mea Culpa (film), Mea Culpa, Mea culpa: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. mea culpa: Rhymezone
  15. mea culpa: FreeDictionary.org
  16. mea culpa: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. mea culpa: Foreign Words and Phrases
  18. mea culpa: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. Mea culpa: Phrase Finder

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  1. mea culpa: Idioms
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  1. mea culpa: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mea culpa)

▸ noun:  An instance of mea culpa; an apology.
▸ verb:  (ambitransitive) To apologize for something, especially excessively.

Similar:
culpa, misguilt, fault, mistake, peccadillo, miscueing, guilt, misgo, culpe, blame, more...

Opposite:
defiance, denial, refusal, unapologetic

Types:
apology, amends, atonement, confession, penance, regret, more...

Adjectives:
apologetic, forgiving, penitentiary, accusatory, sorry, accusing, satisfactory, accusatorial, vengeant, vindicatory, piacular

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Similar:
culpa, misguilt, fault, mistake, peccadillo, miscueing, guilt, misgo, culpe, blame, more...

Opposite:
defiance, denial, refusal, unapologetic

Types:
apology, amends, atonement, confession, penance, regret, more...

Adjectives:
apologetic, forgiving, penitentiary, accusatory, sorry, accusing, satisfactory, accusatorial, vengeant, vindicatory, piacular

Colors:
    slate gray,     ash gray,     charcoal,     pewter,     gunmetal, more...



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