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Traditional English :: apologetic
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apologize.html - adj. & n. --adj. 1 regretfully acknowledging or excusing an offence or failure.
2 diffident.
3 of reasoned defence or vindication. --n. (usu. in pl.) a reasoned defence, esp. of Christianity. apologetically adv. [F apolog÷tique f. LL apologeticus f. Gk apologetikos f. apologeomai speak in defence] |
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Traditional English :: apologia
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apologize.html - n.
a formal defence of one's opinions or conduct. [L: see APOLOGY] |
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Traditional English :: apologist
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apologize.html - n.
a person who defends something by argument. [F apologiste f. Gk apologizomai render account f. apologos account] |
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Traditional English :: apologize
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apologize.html - v.intr. (also -ise) make an apology; express regret. [Gk apologizomai: see APOLOGIST] |
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Traditional English :: apologue
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apologize.html - n.
a moral fable. [F apologue or L apologus f. Gk apologos story (as APO-, logos discourse)] |
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Traditional English :: apology
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apologize.html - 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). [F apologie or LL apologia f. Gk (as APOLOGETIC)] |
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