Word: culpa
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...undoubtedly the target for the Nation's rebuke, and it must be admitted that Professor Phelps has given sufficient cause on certain occasions. His penchant for superlatives has undermined his readers' faith in his often valuable criticism. He is not alone, however, John Erskine might well cry mea culpa to the Nation's charges; and so, to a much lesser degree, might Robert Littell...
...Full removal of the poena, or temperal punishment, due the sinner after the culpa, or guilt, has been forgiven...