apology

apology has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. 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.
• n.. Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.
• v. i.. To offer an apology.
• n.. a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile"
• n.. an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone; "he wrote a letter of apology to the hostess"
• n.. a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly