peccavi
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin peccāvī (“I have sinned”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]peccavi
- An expression of guilt or culpability.
Synonyms
[edit]Noun
[edit]peccavi (plural peccavis)
- An act of saying ‘peccavi’; an admission of guilt or responsibility.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 772:
- He heard the little man's rapid exhausted breathing as he began with the opening flourish of his peccavi, ‘Father, I have sinned.’
Italian
[edit]Verb
[edit]peccavi
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]peccāvī
- first-person singular perfect active indicative of peccō - I have sinned.
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