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peccavi

UK/pɛˈkɑːviː/

peccavi interjection: an expression of guilt or culpability.

Interjection

  1. An expression of guilt or culpability.
    Synonyms:
    mea culpa, my bad

Noun

peccavi (plural peccavis)

  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.’1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 772

peccavi meaning in Urdu

peccavi in Urdu

اعتراف گناہ

Synonyms of peccavi

Forms of peccavi

pluralpeccavis

Origin of peccavi

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

Questions about peccavi

What does peccavi mean?
Peccavi means an expression of guilt or culpability.
What is peccavi in Urdu?
Peccavi in Urdu is اعتراف گناہ. See Peccavi meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is peccavi?
Peccavi can be an interjection or a noun.
How do you pronounce peccavi?
Peccavi is pronounced /pɛˈkɑːviː/ (UK).

Words near peccavi in the dictionary

  1. peccants
  2. peccaries
  3. peccary
  4. peccata clamantia
  5. peccatum mutum
  6. peccavi
  7. peccavis
  8. Peccei-Quinn theory
  9. pecco
  10. peccos
  11. pech

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Adapted from Wiktionary: peccavi (page history and authors); peccavi (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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