0 an act of saying that you are sorry for something wrong you have done:
I have an apology to make to you - I'm afraid I opened your letter by mistake.
He's demanding a full apology from the newspaper for making untrue allegations about his personal life.
"Was he at all sorry for what he'd done?" "Oh he was full of apologies (= extremely sorry)."
She complained to the company and they sent her a written apology.
I owe you an apology - I'm afraid I forgot to send that report.
a letter of apology
1 a message politely telling someone that you cannot be present at their meeting or party:
2 a formal explanation or defence of a belief or system, especially one that is unpopular
5 the act of telling the person in charge of a meeting that you are not able to come, or the list of people who have done this:
I didn't think his grudging remarks really counted as an apology.
Dancers with a developed technique and a high degree of competence hardly ever come into contact, and such incidents are usually followed by fulsome apologies.
Thirdly, he challenges the many thinlyveiled apologies for colonialism and neo-liberalism that characterise much of the contemporary literature.
When the apologies are credible, that is, they comprise punishment and increases in monitoring of the government, they reduce labour disquiet and production disinvestment.
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