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  1. apology

    noun

    1. An acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense.
      "Please accept my apology for being so late."
    2. A formal justification or defense.
    3. An explanation or excuse.

    noun

    1. An acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense.
      "Please accept my apology for being so late."
    2. A formal justification or defense.
    3. An explanation or excuse.
    4. An inferior substitute.
      "The sagging cot was a poor apology for a bed."
    5. Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification.
      "Tertullian's Apology for Christianity"
      Similar: justification
    6. 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.
    7. Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.
      Similar: makeshift

    intransitive verb

    1. To offer an apology.
    The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition • More at Wordnik
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  2. oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com

    Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the word apology, a noun that can mean a word or statement saying sorry or an excuse for not attending a meeting. Find out how to use apology in different contexts and idioms with Oxford examples and collocations.
  3. en.wiktionary.org

    5 days agoThe response to firing is remarkable, and though the 280 lb. pressure seems more in the nature of a reserve for emergencies than a continuous working figure, even with the present-day apology for coal it seldom fell below 250 lb., and could always be brought up to blowing-off point with little difficulty. To this liveliness of steaming the thermic syphons are doubtless the chief contributory.
  4. psychologytoday.com

    Learn why most apologies don't work and how to construct an effective one with empathy, regret, acknowledgment, request, and statement. See an example of a sincere apology and test your empathy skills.

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  1. Apology

    Plato

    The Apology of Socrates, written by Plato, is a Socratic dialogue of the speech of legal self-defence which Socrates spoke at his trial for impiety and corruption in 399 BC. Specifically, the Apology of Socrates is a defence against the charges of "corrupting the youth" and "not believing in the gods in whom the city believes, but in other daimonia that are novel" to Athens. Among the primary sources about the trial and death of the philosopher Socrates, the Apology of Socrates is the dialogue that depicts the trial, and is one of four Socratic dialogues, along with Euthyphro, Phaedo, and Crito, through which Plato details the final days of the philosopher Socrates. There are debates among scholars as to whether we should rely on the Apology for information about the trial itself. Wikipedia

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