expression of regret or sorrow; defense, justification
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Apology Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. i.)
To offer an apology.
To offer an apology.
(n.)
Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as, Tertullian's Apology for Christianity.
Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as, Tertullian's Apology for Christianity.
(n.)
Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.
Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.
(n.)
An acknowledgment intended as an atonement for some improper or injurious remark or act; an admission to another of a wrong or discourtesy done him, accompanied by an expression of regret.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAn acknowledgment intended as an atonement for some improper or injurious remark or act; an admission to another of a wrong or discourtesy done him, accompanied by an expression of regret.
apology
\a*pol"o*gy\ (&?;), n.; pl. apologies. [l. apologia, gr. &?;; &?; from + &?;: cf. f. apologie. see apologetic.]
1. something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as, tertullian's apology for christianity. it is not my intention to make an apology for my poem; some will think it needs no excuse, and others will receive none.
2. an acknowledgment intended as an atonement for some improper or injurious remark or act; an admission to another of a wrong or discourtesy done him, accompanied by an expression of regret.
3. anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift. he goes to work devising apologies for window curtains.
A disclaimer of intentional error or offense.
Diheurad = n. an apology
Esgus = n. apology; excuse
Noun
1. an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone; "he wrote a letter of apology to the hostess"
(hypernym) acknowledgment, acknowledgement
(derivation) apologize, apologise
2. a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly
(synonym) apologia
(hypernym) defense, defence, vindication
(derivation) apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
3. a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile"
(synonym) excuse
(hypernym) example, illustration, instance, representative
Apology Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Apology or Apologize may refer to:
- Apologetics, the systematic defense of a position
- Christian apologetics, the defense of Christianity
- Apology (Plato), Plato's recording of Socrates' defense at trial
- Apology (Xenophon), Xenophon's version of Socrates' defense
- Apologeticus or Apology of Tertullian
- Apologia Pro Vita Sua, book by John Henry Newman
- Apologies to the Queen Mary, indie rock album by Wolf Parade
- Apology of the Augsburg Confession, a 1531 defense of Lutheranism by Philipp Melanchthon
- Apology (film), a 2006 independent short
- "The Apology" (Seinfeld), an episode of Seinfeld
- "Apologize" (song), a song by OneRepublic
- "Apologize", a song by Hollywood Undead on the 2011 album American Tragedy
- Apology hand gesture, used in India
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Apology Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
The right 'S' 
hand, palm facing the body, is rotated several times over the area of the heart.
