Usually means: Acknowledgment and regret for wrongdoing.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. apology: Merriam-Webster
  2. apology: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. apology: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. apology: Collins English Dictionary
  5. apology: Vocabulary.com
  6. Apology, apology: Wordnik
  7. apology: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. apology: Wiktionary
  9. apology: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. apology: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. apology: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Apology, apology: Dictionary.com
  13. apology: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. apology: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Apology (Plato), Apology (Xenophon), Apology (act), Apology (disambiguation), Apology (film), Apology, The Apology (Australia), The Apology (Plato), The Apology (Seinfeld), The Apology (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Apology: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. apology: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. apology: Rhymezone
  19. apology: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. apology: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. apology: FreeDictionary.org
  22. apology: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. apology: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. Apology: World Wide Words
  25. apology: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  26. apology: Merriam-Webster

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Apology (disambiguation), The apology, apology: Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Apology (disambiguation), The apology, apology: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. apology: Idioms
  2. apology: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. apology: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry).
noun:  A formal justification, defence.
noun:  Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.

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