Apology: alternatives and connections

a statement acknowledging something or someone; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledg…

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The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.

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See Defense.

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Alt. of Defence

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One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.

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The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.

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The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.

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Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.

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The act of vindicating, or the state of being vindicated; defense; justification against denial or censure; as, the vindication of opinions; his vind…

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Alt. of Apologetical

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Alt. of Apologetical

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To make an apology or defense.

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To make an apology or defense.

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To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to ex…

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