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TAKE THE QUIZmea culpa
noun
mea cul·pa
ˌmā-ə-ˈku̇l-pə
ˌmā-ä-,
-ˈku̇l-(ˌ)pä
: a formal acknowledgment of personal fault or error
The mayor's public mea culpa didn't satisfy his critics.
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