English Explanatory Dictionary

nostra culpa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

intj
  1. Our fault, due to our error; we are to blame.
noun
  1. An instance of nostra culpa; an apology on behalf of a group.

Word forms

nostra culpa nostra culpas

Etymology

Learned borrowing from the Latin phrase nostrā culpā (“through our fault”), ablative case of nostra culpa (“our fault, guilt”), used in English by analogy with mea culpa.

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