apologetic

  • 1apologetic — APOLOGÉTIC, Ă, apologetici, ce, adj., s.f. 1. adj. Care conţine o apologie, care ţine de apologie. 2. s.f. Sistem (adesea neîntemeiat) de apărare sau de justificare a unei idei, doctrine etc. 3. s.f. Parte a teologiei care are ca scop apărarea… …

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  • 2Apologetic — 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; …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3apologetic — index contrite, palliative (excusing), penitent, remorseful, repentant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4apologetic — (adj.) 1640s, vindicatory, from Fr. apologétique, from L. apologeticus, from Gk. apologetikos defensible, from apologeisthai (see APOLOGY (Cf. apology)). Meaning regrefully acknowledging failure is from 1855. As a noun, formal defense, from early …

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  • 5apologetic — [adj] expressing remorse, regret atoning, attritional, compunctious, conciliatory, contrite, expiatory, explanatory, on one’s knees*, penitent, penitential, propitiatory, regretful, remorseful, repentant, rueful, selfeffacing, self incriminating …

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  • 6apologetic — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ regretfully acknowledging an offence. DERIVATIVES apologetically adverb …

    English terms dictionary

  • 7apologetic — [ə päl΄ə jet′ik] adj. [Fr apologétique < LL(Ec) apologeticus < Gr apologētikos, suitable for defense < apologeisthai: see APOLOGY] 1. defending in writing or speech; vindicating 2. showing realization of and regret for a fault, wrong,… …

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  • 8apologetic — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, sound ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc. ▪ …

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  • 9apologetic — a|pol|o|get|ic [əˌpɔləˈdʒetık US əˌpa: ] adj showing or saying that you are sorry that something has happened, especially because you feel guilty or embarrassed about it apologetic about ▪ The manager was very apologetic about everything. ▪ She… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10apologetic — adj. apologetic about, for (she was apologetic for her blunder) * * * [əˌpɒlə dʒetɪk] for (she was apologetic for her blunder) apologetic about …

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