From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Alternative forms
- [en] [archaic]
*** Etymology
From [en], from [en], from [en], from [grc], from [grc], from [grc] (see
_apo-_) + [grc]. [en]. [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harm ed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry ).
2. A formal justification , defence .
3. Anything provided as a substitute ; a makeshift .
4. * {{ RQ:Dickens Bleak House | 20
|passage=[He] goes to work devising APOLOGIES for window curtains.}}
1. * [en]
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|antapology|apologee|apologise|apologism|ifpology|nonapology|nonpology|unapology|vlogpology
|my apology|non-apology|non-apology apology|nonapology apology|pre-apology
|apologian |apologist |apologize |apologizer |fauxpology |notpology
|preapology|send one's apologies }}
**** Related terms
{{col3|en |apologetic |apologetics |apologia }}
**** Translations
[an expression of regret]
- Albanian: [sq]
- American Sign Language: [ase]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi] , [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Kapampangan: [pam] , [pam]
- Khmer: [km] , [km]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Low German: [de] [Paderbornisch]
- Luxembourgish: [lb]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norwegian:
- Old English: [ang]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Pannonian Rusyn: [rsk]
- Persian:
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl] , [tl]
- Tajik: [tg] , [tg]
- Thai: [th] , [th]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk]
- Urdu: [ur] , [ur]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Yiddish: [yi]
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[formal justification, defence]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Gothic: [got]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he] , [he]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Indonesian: [id] , [id]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Old English: [ang]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
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- Indonesian: [id]
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**** See also
- [en]
**** Further reading
- [R:Webster 1913]
- [R:Century 1911]
[en]