Apology

n.	1.	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. It is not my intention to make an apology for my poem; some will think it needs no excuse, and others will receive none. - Dryden.
	2.	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.
	3.	Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift. He goes to work devising apologies for window curtains. - Dickens.
v. i.	1.	To offer an apology. For which he can not well apology. - J. Webster.

Noun	1.	apology - an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone; "he wrote a letter of apology to the hostess"
	2.	apology - a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly Synonyms: apologia
	3.	apology - a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile" Synonyms: excuse

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