apology

== English == === Alternative forms === apologie (archaic) === Etymology === From French apologie, from Late Latin apologia, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech in defence”), from ἀπολογοῦμαι (apologoûmai, “I speak in my defense”), from ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “an account, story”), from ἀπό (apó, “from, off”) (see apo-) + λόγος (lógos, “speech”). Doublet of apologia. By surface analysis, apo- +‎ -logy. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əˈpɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ (US) IPA(key): /əˈpɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi === Noun === apology (plural apologies) An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry). A formal justification, defence. Synonym: apologia Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== remorse ==== Further reading ==== “apology”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “apology”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.