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apology
(/@/'p/A/l/@//dZ//i/ )

noun (n)

  • an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone(noun.communication)
    Example:
    He wrote a letter of apology to the hostess.
    source: wordnet30
  • a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    apologia
    source: wordnet30
  • a poor example(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    It was an apology for a meal.
    Synonym:
    excuse
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • To offer an apology.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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