Apology Definition

ə-pŏlə-jē
apologies
noun
apologies
An acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense.
Please accept my apology for being so late.
American Heritage
A formal spoken or written defense of some idea, religion, philosophy, etc.
Webster's New World
A formal justification or defense.
American Heritage
An acknowledgment of some fault, injury, insult, etc., with an expression of regret and a plea for pardon.
Webster's New World
An explanation or excuse.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Apology

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Singular:
apology
Plural:
apologies

Origin of Apology

  • From French apologie, from Late Latin apologia, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apologia, “a speech in defence”), from ἀπολογοῦμαι (apologoumai, “I speak in one's defense”), from ἀπόλογος (apologos, “an account, story”), from ἀπό (apo, “from, off”) (see apo-) + λόγος (logos, “speech”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin apologia from Greek apologiā apo- apo- logos speech leg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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