Culpa Sentence Examples

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  • I must give a mea culpa to my parents before they will forgive me for my wrongdoing.

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  • This salutary doctrine, however, has undoubtedly been obscured to some extent by the phrase a poena et a culpa, which, from the 13th century to the Reformation, was applied to Plenary Indulgences.

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  • Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa ost religions have in common that they concern people's relations with god or with gods or spirits.

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  • I expect the newspaper to be issuing a mea culpa any day now for the startling inconsistencies in its most recent article.

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  • The business president gathered all of his employees in order to issue a formal mea culpa regarding the company's mistakes.

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  • Many of the banks involved in this situation have pleaded mea culpa.

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  • As early as 1867 he wrote La Hija natural, which was rejected, and remained unknown till 1877, when it appeared with the title of Para tal culpa tal Pena.

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  • The business's president gathered all of his employees in order to issue a formal mea culpa regarding the company's mistakes.

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