Meaning | offering or expressing apology. |
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Examples | - "an apologetic note"
- "an apologetic manner"
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Synonym | excusatory |
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Narrower | defensive, justificative, justificatory | attempting to justify or defend in speech / speech or writing |
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self-deprecating | conscious of your own shortcomings |
Opposite | unapologetic | Unwilling to make or express an apology |
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Spanish | apologético |
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Catalan | apologètic |
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Nouns | apology | an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone |
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apology | a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly |
Adverbs | apologetically | in an apologetic manner |
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