apologetic
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
apologetic/əpɒləˈʤetɪk/
▶adjective
- 1 making or expressing an apology.
- 2 constituting a formal justification of a theory or doctrine.
– derivatives
apologetically adverb.
apologetically adverb.
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