| ADJECTIVE | all | excusatory, apologetic | offering or expressing apology |
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| Meaning | offering or expressing apology. | |
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| Synonym | apologetic | |
| Narrower | defensive, justificative, justificatory | attempting to justify or defend in speech / speech or writing |
| self-deprecating | conscious of your own shortcomings | |
| Opposite | unapologetic | Unwilling to make or express an apology |
| Spanish | apologético | |
| Catalan | apologètic | |
| Verbs | excuse | defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning |
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