apology

Meanings

• a statement in which one expresses regret, remorse, or contrition for an offense, mistake, or oversight.

  - "I'm sorry for not calling you back earlier."
  - "She apologized for her behavior during the meeting."
  - "He expressed his deepest apologies for the misunderstanding."
  - "They apologized for the inconvenience caused by the power outage."
  - "He apologized for the mistake and promised to take corrective measures."
  - "She apologized for the delay in processing the application and assured him that it would be approved soon."
  - "He apologized for the oversight and assured her that he would take steps to prevent such incidents from happening in the future."
  - "She apologized for the confusion and assured him that she would make sure that all future correspondence would be clear and concise."

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Pronunciation

1. /əˈpɒl.ə.dʒi/
   
   
   
   Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2650646"

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Synonyms

apologia

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with apology
apology , sympathy , empathy , impathy , impiety , apathy , catharsis , scholarship , philanthropy , tragedy , comedy , epilogue , prologue , dialogue , monologue , soliloquy , apocrypha , encyclopedia , dictionary , lexicon , thesaurus , glossary , encyclopedia , compendium , handbook , manual , prospectus , synopsis , outline , summary , abstract , excerpt , extract , digest , epitome , highlight , point , quintessence , essence , core , fundamental , basic , foundational , constituent , component , building block , element , ingredient , part , piece , fragment , chunk , section , subsection , chapter , book , magazine , journal , newspaper , broadsheet , tabloid

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Variants

List of all variants of apology that leads to same result
apologies , apology , non-apologies , non-apology , nonapologies , nonapology , offer no apology for , without apology

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

The word 'apology' comes from the Greek word 'apologeomai', which means 'to speak in defense, to make an explanation, to give a reason, to apologize'.

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