apology

English

Alternative spellings

• apologie (archaic)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  (deprecated template usage) apologia < (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) ἀπολογία (apologia) < (deprecated template usage) ἀπολογοῦμαι (apologoumai) < (deprecated template usage) ἀπόλογος (apologos) < (deprecated template usage) ἀπό (apo) (see apo-) + (deprecated template usage) λόγος (logos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

apology (plural apologies)

1. An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry).

   What he said really hurt my feelings, but his apology sounded so sincere that I couldn't help but forgive him.

   The CEO made a public apology for the scandal, and promised full cooperation with the authorities.

2. A formal justification, defence.

   The Apology of Socrates.

=Synoynms

• (formal justification): apologia

Derived terms

• apologian
• apologist
• apologize
• apologizer

Related terms

• apologetic
• apologetics
• apologia

Translations

an expression of regret

• American Sign Language: Template:tø
• Arabic: إعتذار
• Bulgarian: извинение (izvinenie)
• Czech: omluva f
• Danish: undskyldning c
• Dutch: verontschuldiging f
• Filipino: Template:tø, Template:tø
• Finnish: anteeksipyyntö, pahoittelu
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: excuse (fr) f
• German: Entschuldigung (de) f
• Hebrew: Template:he-translation Template:f, Template:he-translation Template:f
• Italian: apologia (it) f
• Japanese: 侘び (wabi)
• Lithuanian:
• Polish: przeprosiny n
• Russian: извинение (ru) (izvinenije)

formal justification, defence

• Albanian: apologji
• Arabic: دفاع
• Bulgarian: оправдание (opravdanie)
• Danish: forsvar n
• Dutch: verweer n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: puolustus, puolustuskirjoitus
• French: apologie (fr) f
• Greek: απολογία (el) f (apología)
• Italian: apologia (it) f
• Russian: извинение (izvinenije)

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Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Catalan: disculpa Template:f
• (deprecated template usage) Indonesian: maaf
• (deprecated template usage) Japanese: 謝罪 (しゃざい, shazai)
• (deprecated template usage) Korean: 사과 (sagwa)

• (deprecated template usage) Norwegian: unnskyldning
• (deprecated template usage) Portuguese: desculpa
• (deprecated template usage) Spanish: disculpa Template:f
• (deprecated template usage) Arabic: إعتذار - أسف

See also

• remorse

External links

• “apology”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “apology”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.