peccavi
Americannoun
plural
peccavisnoun
Etymology
Origin of peccavi
1500–10; < Latin: literally, I have sinned, perfect 1st person singular of peccāre to go wrong
Example Sentences
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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
He was not going to stay and cry peccavi any more in the presence of a bloodless prig, for whom Oxford was the world.
From Lady Connie by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
If it be really so, Oh, let me entreat that you will not neglect to say at once Pater, peccavi!
From John Ronge: The Holy Coat Of Treves New German-Catholic Chruch by Anonymous
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