Preapology

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An apology in advance; an apology before the fact.

    "However, I am informed that Gazette readers were greeted with a somewhat similar pre-apology by Justice when he first put pen to paper in the capacity of what he calls scribe, […]"

Example

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"However, I am informed that Gazette readers were greeted with a somewhat similar pre-apology by Justice when he first put pen to paper in the capacity of what he calls scribe, […]"

Etymology

From pre- + apology.

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