- apologetic as an adjective:
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apologetic
adjective
1 apologetic
Offering or expressing apology:
— An apologetic note.
— An apologetic manner.
synonym: excusatory.
Roget 937: vindicated, vindicating etc. v.; exculpatory; apologetic. excusable, defensible, pardonable; venial, veniable†; specious, plausible, justifiable. ... show more
Roget 617: ostensibly etc. (manifest) 525; alleged, apologetic; pretended etc. 545.
Moby thesaurus: abject, apologia, ascetic, atoning, cleansing, compensational, compensatory, compunctious, conscience-stricken, contrite, defense, excusatory, excusing, expiatory, extenuating, extenuative, humble, humbled, justification, justificatory ... show more.
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