Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - apology
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Apology
apology
(apologies) 1. An apology is something that you say or write in order to tell someone that you are sorry that you have hurt them or caused trouble for them. We received a letter of apology... He made a public apology for the team’s performance. N-VAR 2. If you offer or make your apologies, you apologize. (FORMAL) When Mary finally appeared, she made her apologies to Mrs Madrigal. N-PLURAL: usu poss N 3. If you say that you make no apologies for what you have done, you are emphasizing that you feel that you have done nothing wrong. Union officials made no apologies for the threatened chaos. PHRASE: V inflects
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noun (plural -gies) Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French apologie, from Late Latin apologia, from Greek, from apo- + logos speech — more at legend Date: 1533 1. a. a formal justification ; defense b. excuse 2a 2. an admission of error or discourtesy accompanied by an expression of regret a public ~ 3. a poor substitute ; makeshift Synonyms: ~, apologia, excuse, plea, pretext, alibi mean matter offered in explanation or defense. ~ usually applies to an expression of regret for a mistake or wrong with implied admission of guilt or fault and with or without reference to mitigating or extenuating circumstances said by way of ~ that he would have met them if he could. apologia implies not admission of guilt or regret but a desire to make clear the grounds for some course, belief, or position his speech was an apologia for his foreign policy. excuse implies an intent to avoid or remove blame or censure used illness as an excuse for missing the meeting. plea stresses argument or appeal for understanding or sympathy or mercy her usual plea that she was nearsighted. pretext suggests subterfuge and the offering of false reasons or motives in excuse or explanation used any pretext to get out of work. alibi implies a desire to shift blame or evade punishment and imputes mere plausibility to the explanation his alibi failed to stand scrutiny. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 a regretful acknowledgement of an offence or failure. 2 an assurance that no offence was intended. 3 an explanation or defence. 4 (foll. by for) a poor or scanty specimen of (this apology for a letter). Etymology: F apologie or LL apologia f. Gk (as APOLOGETIC) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. извинение, просьба о прощении sincere apology —- искреннее извинение humble apology —- смиренное раскаяние to make an apology —- приносить извинения, просить прощения to make a muttered apology —- пробормотать извинения by way of apology —- в качестве извинения, как извинение 2. апология; защита, оправдание, объяснение 3. разг. плохая замена, слабое подобие a mere apology for a dinner —- жалкое подобие обеда an apology for a painting —- картина, с позволения сказать a sad apology for a hat —- не шляпка, а черт знает что ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
noun 1) извинение - make ones apology 2) защита, оправдание 3) coll. нечто второразрядное, второсортное a mere apology for a dinner - отвратительный обед; какой же это обед? Syn: see excuse ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
~ n 1 something that you say or write to show that you are sorry for doing something wrong (Your behaviour was outrageous. I demand an apology! | accept sb's apology (=forgive them after they have apologized)) (Please accept our sincere apologies. | owe sb an apology (=to have done something bad or unfair to someone)) (I owe you an apology for what I said last night - I'm really sorry. | make an apology) (The paper was forced to make a grovelling apology.) 2 literary a statement in which you defend something you believe in after it has been criticized by other people 3 an apology for humorous a very bad example of something (an apology for a human being) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1533, "defense, justification," from L.L. apologia, from Gk. apologia "a speech in defense," from apologeisthai "to speak in one's defense," from apologos "an account, story," from apo- "from, off" + logos "speech." The original Eng. sense of "self-justification" yielded a meaning "frank expression of regret for wrong done," first recorded 1594. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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