Apologetic

Adjective

 * 1) Having the character of apology; regretfully excusing
 * 2)  Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense.

Adverbs for Apologetic
awkwardly; humbly; sincerely; nervously;slavishly; hastily; instantly; preposterously;disgustingly; unnecessarily; skillfully; sufficiently; reluctantly; profoundly; deeply; tearfully; pathetically; incoherently; sheepishly; half-heartedly, confusedly; honestly; openly; generously; embarrassingly; miserably; eagerly.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From ἀπολογητικός:, from ἀπολογέσθαι:

Pronunciation

 * US:
 * UK:

Synonyms

 * sorry, remorseful; regretful

Related terms

 * apologetics
 * apologia
 * apologist


 * apologize
 * apology

Translations

 * Catalan: apologètic
 * Finnish:


 * Spanish: lleno de disculpas