peccavi

American  

[pe-key-vahy, -vee, -kah-vee] / pɛˈkeɪ vaɪ, -vi, -ˈkɑ vi /

noun

plural

peccavis

1. a confession of guilt or sin.

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peccavi British  

/ pɛˈkɑːviː /

noun

1. a confession of guilt

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Etymology

Origin of peccavi

1500–10; < Latin: literally, I have sinned, perfect 1st person singular of peccāre to go wrong

Example Sentences

So he was nowhere to be seen as a single sentence spread over supertitle screens above the stage: Pater, peccavi.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2022

Clinton performed miserably in his first public ceremonies of repentance, but then last Friday, at the White House prayer breakfast, delivered at last a persuasive peccavi, mea culpa.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last November, for instance, Radio Havana carried a peculiar peccavi, purportedly in the voice of Commander Jeremiah A. Denton, U.S.N.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Until he says his pater peccavi?" asked Fouche, with a gentle smile.

From Marie Antoinette and Her Son by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

Most probably a quarrel; possibly a good-natured peccavi for the sake of being let off the continuance of the sermon; perhaps a yawn; most certainly not reform.

From Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) by Calhoun, Lucia Gilbert