Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Law) Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from
dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent,culpa being imputable to defect of intellect,dolus to defect of heart.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law
negligence orfault , asdistinguishable fromdolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa beingimputable todefect ofintellect , dolus to defect ofheart
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word culpa.
Examples
-
For this, I can only beat my breast violently and mutter _mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa_.
Dead Giveaway Randall Garrett 1957
-
I heard him murmur to himself: '_Illa culpa, illa culpa, illa maxima culpa_.'
Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease
-
'_Mea culpa, mea culpa_,' he murmured wearily, then as he rose up with pale cheek a gleam of fire lit in his eye, for he would die rather than permit Saint Oswyn's shrine to be pillaged by the heathen.
Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease
-
"_Mea culpa, mea culpa_; and _can_ you forgive a very much mortified old lady who is really and truly fond of you?"
The Younger Set 1899
-
And then there rises up in our hearts a veiled form, and from its majestic lips comes 'Thou art the man'; and our whole being echoes assent -- _Mea culpa; mea maxima culpa_ -- 'My fault, my exceeding great fault.'
Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. Alexander Maclaren 1868
-
"_Men culpa, mea culpa_!" cried poor Father Jordan, as though he were at confession, to the excessive amusement of the young men.
The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century Emily Sarah Holt 1864
-
If this be so, he can only plead, _Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa_.
Probabilities : An aid to Faith Martin Farquhar Tupper 1849
-
If this be so, he can only plead, _Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa_.
The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper Martin Farquhar Tupper 1849
-
a saint -- but -- but -- _mea culpa, mea maxima culpa_, I don't want him to show me those special treasures of yours.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Lucas Malet 1891
-
Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
OpenOffice.org 3.1 Has Smoother Drawing And Usability Tweaks | Lifehacker Australia 2009
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.