apology
Meaning of apology
- a regretful acknowledgement of an offence or failure.
we owe you an apology
my apologies for the delay
- a very poor or inadequate example of.
we were shown into an apology for a bedroom
- another term for apologia.
mid 16th century (denoting a formal defence against an accusation): from French apologie, or via late Latin from Greek apologia ‘a speech in one's own defence’, from apo ‘away’ + -logia (see -logy).
Information about apology
- It is a name.
- The plural form of apology is: apologies.
- Languages in which apology is used:
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Hyphenation of apology
apol-ogy
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- apology is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
apology synonyms
Meaning apologia:
Meaning excuse:
Meaning good reason for something that exists or has been done:
Meaning the action of clearing someone of blame or suspicion:
Translation of apology
- German: Entschuldigung
- French: excuse, apologie
- Italian: scusa, scuse
- Spanish: disculpa, excusa, apología
- Portuguese: desculpa, apologia
Words that rhyme with apology
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