Anagrams of: APIOLOGIES

• defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

• acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing

• an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone

• a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly

• a poor example

• the amount that has spoiled

• the process of becoming spoiled

• the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it

• a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play

• a short passage added at the end of a literary work

• the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings

• an unquestionable truth

• folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul)

• the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group

• a doctrine that is believed to be of great importance

• a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play

• a short passage added at the end of a literary work

• music suitable for a galop dance