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apology

noun
/əˈpɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/UK/əˈpɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/US

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.

  1. derived from ἀπολογία
  2. derived from apologia
  3. borrowed from apologie

Definitions

  1. An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another

    An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry).

    • What he said really hurt my feelings, but his apology sounded so sincere that I couldn't help but forgive him.
    • The CEO made a public apology for the scandal, and promised full cooperation with the authorities.

  2. A formal justification, defence.

    • the Apology of Socrates

  3. Anything provided as a substitute

    Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.

    • a poor apology for a hotel room
    • [He] goes to work devising apologies for window curtains.

The neighborhood

Derived

antapology, apologee, apologian, apologise, apologism, apologist, apologize, apologizer, fauxpology, ifpology, my apology, non-apology, nonapology, non-apology apology, nonapology apology, nonpology, notpology, preapology, pre-apology, send one's apologies, unapology, vlogpology

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at apology. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at apology. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at apology

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA