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culpa

[ kuhl-puh; Latin kool-pah ]

noun

plural culpae
  1. Roman and Civil Law. negligence; neglect ( dolus ):

    One is not always liable before law for culpa resulting in damages.

  2. guilt; sin.


culpa

/ ˈʊɑː /

noun

  1. civil law an act of neglect
  2. a fault; sin; guilt
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of culpa1

1250–1300; Old English < Latin: fault, liability, blame
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of culpa1

Latin: fault
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Immediately after my 100th watch, I also streamed two Wattpad-inspired movies, one starring TikTok star Noah Beck in Tubi's “Sidelined: The QB and Me” and a Spanish dark teen romance “Tuya Culpa.”

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She made her feature film debut in 1984 with “No vale nada la vida” and more recently starred in the TV series “Vencer la Culpa” and “Vecinos” and in a few episodes of “Quiéreme Tonto.”

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But his mea culpa did little to appease the public.

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“If I had seen the differences in the two series,” he says, “I would have written the piece differently. Mea Culpa.”

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In a corrective article expected to appear shortly on the Hoover website, Ohanian makes public his mea culpa, but also reiterates a point he made in the original article, which is that California’s job growth is weakening.

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