Definition of Apology

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Apology

Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as, Tertullian's Apology for Christianity.

An acknowledgment intended as an atonement for some improper or injurious remark or act; an admission to another of a wrong or discourtesy done him, accompanied by an expression of regret.

Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.

To offer an apology.

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Apology Quotations

Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don't go well.
Jim Rohn

An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be.
Steve Martin

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

If God doesn't destroy Hollywood Boulevard, he owes Sodom and Gomorrah an apology.
Jay Leno

We inadvertently bombed the Chinese Embassy. But Clinton now is working very hard. He has sent a letter of apology to the Chinese. And, he's also given them a gift certificate for future nuclear secrets.
David Letterman

A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults, a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin.
Henri Frederic Amiel

The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.
Red Auerbach

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.
Samuel Butler

I don't ask for an apology because it's only tomorrow's fish-and-chip paper.
Tracey Emin

Apology Translations

apology in Danish is undskyldning
apology in Dutch is verontschuldiging
apology in French is excuse
apology in German is Entschuldigung, Rechtfertigung
apology in Italian is scusa
apology in Spanish is disculpa, excusa

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