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apology noun1. M16.
[French apologie or late Latin apologia from Greek = speech in defence, from apologeisthai speak in one's own defence: see -LOGY.]
A formal defence or vindication against an (actual or potential) accusation or imputation. M16.
T. Sherlock And before the same great Court of Areopagites Paul made his Apology. C. Connolly The book closes with a long and reasoned apology for the pursuit of happiness.
A justification, an explanation, an excuse. L16.
Defoe The consequence..will be the best apology for my conduct.
A frank acknowledgement of fault or failure, given by way of reparation; an explanation that no offence was intended, with regret for any given or taken. L16.
with apologies to : used to introduce a parody or adaptation.
G. K. Chesterton I am afraid my fury and your insult are too shocking to be wiped out even with an apology. G. B. Shaw Sitting down again with a gesture of apology. A. Shaffer I wonder if all her jewellery was inscribed with apologies for your bully boy behaviour.
an apology for, a poor substitute for (a thing), a poor or inadequate specimen of. M18.
C. Hampton It never begins to dribble across your apology for a mind that half a million children under five starved to death in Brazil last year.