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Apology   /əpˈɑlədʒi/   Listen
Apology

noun
(pl. apologies)
1.
An expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone.
2.
A formal written defense of something you believe in strongly.  Synonym: apologia.
3.
A poor example.  Synonym: excuse.  "A poor excuse for an automobile"





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"Apology" Quotes from Famous Books



... who seek their fortune in the city have failed, and have found themselves far worse off than the contented folk back in the home village. The newcomer establishes himself in a boarding-house or lodging-house which hundreds of others accept as an apology for a home, joins the multitude of unemployed in a search for work, and is happy if he finds it in an office that is smaller and darker than the wood-shed on the farm, or behind a counter where fresh air and sunlight never penetrate. He will put up with ...
— Society - Its Origin and Development • Henry Kalloch Rowe
... denial; it was not, so Julia considered, even an apology; to her it seemed more like a polite request to mind her own business, and she went up to her room after he had gone almost unjustly angry, too angry for the time being to think about the rashness of her promise that the debt ...
— The Good Comrade • Una L. Silberrad
... not just sure I like having my word questioned this way. I'm not sure I like this whole rig-out. Seems to me there's a little explaining in order about now—and kind of an apology, too. Then maybe we can go ahead and ...
— The Weakling • Everett B. Cole
... soon as the facts were known he was restored to his command with an ample apology, but his preparations for the advance against Corinth had been seriously interrupted and it was some time before he again had the work in hand. Nevertheless, within five weeks of the surrender ...
— On the Trail of Grant and Lee • Frederick Trevor Hill
... our tents near the little fort of M[a]ther, about five miles from our last encampment, and situate at the foot of the Kara Kotul, or black pass. Our resting place afforded nothing remarkable; and indeed I feel that some apology is due to my readers for the unavoidable sameness of the details of this part of our journey; but I am in hopes that this very defect, though it render the perusal of my journal still heavier, will assist in ...
— A Peep into Toorkisthhan • Rollo Burslem


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