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Complete Definition of "apology"

English

Pronunciation
IPA|/ÉËpÉl.É.dÊɪ/
audio|en-us-apology.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
Defense, justification, from w:Vulgar Latin|Late Latin apologia, from w:Ancient Greek|Greek apologia a speech in defense, from apologeisthai to speak in one's defense, from apologos an account, story, from apo- from, off (see apo-) + logos speech.

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun|apologies

  1. What you say when you regret saying or doing something affecting others.
  2. A formal justification, defence.

Translations
trans-top|What you say when you regret saying or doing something affecting others
Arabic: إعتذار
Czech: omluva f
Danish: undskyldning c
Dutch: verontschuldiging f
Filipino: patawad, paumanhin
Finnish: anteeksipyyntö, pahoittelu
German: Entschuldigung f
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Hebrew: he-translation|×תנצ××ת|hitnatzlút f, he-translation|ס××××|slikhá f
Japanese: ä¾ã³ (wabi)
Lithuanian: atsiprasau
Polish: przeprosiny n
Russian: извинение
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trans-top|A formal justification, defence
Albanian::sq:apologji|apologji
Arabic: Ø¯ÙØ§Ø¹
Danish: forsvar n
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Finnish: puolustus, puolustuskirjoitus
Russian: извинение
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ttbc|Catalan: disculpa f
ttbc|Dutch: verontschuldiging n p
ttbc|French: apologie
ttbc|Italian: apologia f
ttbc|Indonesian: maaf
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ttbc|Japanese: è¬ç½ª (ãããã, shazai)
ttbc|Korean: ì¬ê³¼ (sagwa)
ttbc|Norwegian: unnskyldning
ttbc|Portuguese: desculpa
ttbc|Spanish: disculpa f
ttbc|Arabic: إعتذار - أسÙ

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