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noun (apologies)
  1. What you say when you regret saying or doing something affecting others.
  2. A formal justification, defence.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: verontschuldiging
  • German: Entschuldigung
    (trans-mid)
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.

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