noun
Meaning 1
An instance of blaming someone else.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
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noun
An instance of blaming someone else.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
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Antonyms: none provided
phrase
Your (singular) fault, due to your error; you are to blame.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
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History
Learned borrowing from the Latin phrase tuā culpā (“through your (singular) fault”), ablative case of tua culpa (“your fault, guilt”), used in English by analogy with mea culpa; also compare nostra culpa.