APOLOGY Synonyms

• a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

• something done or paid in expiation of a wrong

• compensation for a wrong

• the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)

• an admission of misdeeds or faults

• a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party

• (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution

• a public declaration of your faith

• the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)

• sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation

• compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive

• the act of excusing a mistake or offense

• a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

• an act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance

• remorse for your past conduct

• a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution

• voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing

• remorse for your past conduct

• the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity

• the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)

• a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

• act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

• make reparations or amends for

• sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment

• feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about

• feel sad about the loss or absence of

• decline formally or politely

• express with regret

• an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)

• a payment of money sent to a person in another place

• (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)

• the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance

• a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)

• compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury

• (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors

• the act of putting something in working order again

• something done or paid in expiation of a wrong

• a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

• the act of restoring something to its original state

• getting something back again

• an admission that you have failed to do or be something you know you should do or be

• a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)

• the act of blaming yourself

• an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement

• sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment

• something that causes great unhappiness

• the state of being sad

• feel grief

• a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly