About The Word Apologetic
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Apologetic
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What's The Definition Of Apologetic?
[adj] offering or expressing apology; "an apologetic note"; "an apologetic manner"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Apologetic: contrite | defensive | excusatory | justificative | justificatory | self-deprecating Related Terms | Find terms related to Apologetic: abject | apologia | ascetic | atoning | cleansing | compensational | compensatory | compunctious | conscience-stricken | contrite | defense | excusatory | excusing | expiatory | extenuating | extenuative | humble | humbled | justification | justificatory | justifying | lustral | lustrational | lustrative | melted | palliative | penitent | penitential | penitentiary | piacular | propitiatory | purgative | purgatorial | purifying | reclamatory | recompensing | redeeming | redemptive | redressing | refuting | regretful | rehabilitative | remorseful | reparative | reparatory | repentant | repenting | restitutional | restitutive | restitutory | righting | rueful | satisfactional | sheepish | softened | sorry | squaring | touched | vindicative | vindicatory See Also | Apologetic In Webster's Dictionary \A*pol`o*get"ic\, Apologetical \A*pol`o*get"ic*al\,
a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to speak in defense of; ? from + ? speech, ?
to say, to speak. See {Logic}.]
Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense,
or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic
essay. ``To speak in a subdued and apologetic tone.''
--Macaulay.
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