mea culpa

1. 1.

   an acknowledgment of your error or guilt

   Broaderacknowledgment

Questions about mea culpa

What does mea culpa mean?

mea culpa means "an acknowledgment of your error or guilt".

Is mea culpa a common word?

mea culpa is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.