peccavi

noun /pɛˈkɑːviː/

1. An act of saying ‘peccavi’; an admission of guilt or responsibility.

   He heard the little man's rapid exhausted breathing as he began with the opening flourish of his peccavi, ‘Father, I have sinned.’

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin peccāvī (“I have sinned”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry peccavi (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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