Apology

//əˈpɑ.lə.d͡ʒi//

Synonyms for "apology" (125 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Noun(2 words)
apologiaapologism

Strong matches (38)

Noun(1 words)
excuse

Related words (62)

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9 relation types

More general

9 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

4 entries

capable of

2 entries

causes desire

1 entries

derived

22 entries

Showing 16 of 22 words.

derived from

1 entries

is a

3 entries

related to

12 entries

Translations

167 translations across 77 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • apologji noun (formal justification, defence)
  • falje noun (an expression of regret)

American Sign Language

1 entries
  • A@Chest-PalmBack CirclesVert noun (an expression of regret)

Arabic

4 entries
  • اِعْتِذَار noun (an expression of regret)
  • تَبْرِير noun (formal justification, defence)
  • دِفَاع noun (formal justification, defence)
  • عُذْر noun (an expression of regret)

Armenian

2 entries
  • ներողություն noun (an expression of regret)
  • պաշտպանական noun (formal justification, defence)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • etizar noun (an expression of regret)
  • mazərət noun (an expression of regret)
  • üzr noun (an expression of regret)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • ғәфү noun (an expression of regret)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • апраўда́нне noun (formal justification, defence)
  • прабачэ́нне noun (an expression of regret)
  • прабачэ́ньне noun (an expression of regret)

Bengali

2 entries
  • ক্ষমা noun (an expression of regret)
  • মাফ noun (an expression of regret)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • извине́ние noun (an expression of regret)
  • оправда́ние noun (formal justification, defence)

Burmese

1 entries
  • တောင်းပန်ခြင်း noun (an expression of regret)

Catalan

2 entries
  • apologia noun (formal justification, defence)
  • disculpa noun (an expression of regret)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 抱歉 noun (an expression of regret)
  • 道歉 noun (an expression of regret)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 抱歉 noun (an expression of regret)
  • 道歉 noun (an expression of regret)

Czech

1 entries
  • omluva noun (an expression of regret)

Danish

2 entries
  • forsvar noun (formal justification, defence)
  • undskyldning noun (an expression of regret)

Dari

2 entries
  • مَعْذِرَت noun (an expression of regret)
  • پوزِش noun (an expression of regret)

Dutch

3 entries
  • apologie noun (formal justification, defence)
  • verontschuldiging noun (an expression of regret)
  • verweer noun (formal justification, defence)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • pardonpeto noun (an expression of regret)

Estonian

1 entries
  • vabandus noun (an expression of regret)

Finnish

4 entries
  • anteeksipyyntö noun (an expression of regret)
  • pahoittelu noun (an expression of regret)
  • puolustus noun (formal justification, defence)
  • puolustuskirjoitus noun (formal justification, defence)

French

2 entries
  • apologie noun (formal justification, defence)
  • excuse noun (an expression of regret)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ბოდიში noun (an expression of regret)

German

2 entries
  • Apologie noun (formal justification, defence)
  • Entschuldigung noun (an expression of regret)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃 noun (formal justification, defence)

Greek

2 entries
  • απολογία noun (formal justification, defence)
  • συγγνώμη noun (an expression of regret)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • הִצְטַדְּקוּת noun (formal justification, defence)
  • הִתְנַצְּלוּת noun (an expression of regret)
  • הִתְנַצְּלוּת noun (formal justification, defence)

Hindi

4 entries
  • क्षमा noun (an expression of regret)
  • क्षमायाचना noun (an expression of regret)
  • दोर्षस्वीकार noun (an expression of regret)
  • माफ़ी noun (an expression of regret)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • bocsánatkérés noun (an expression of regret)
  • védőbeszéd noun (formal justification, defence)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • afsökun noun (an expression of regret)
  • afsökunarbeiðni noun (an expression of regret)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • apologi noun (formal justification, defence)
  • pembelaan noun (formal justification, defence)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • اِعْتِذار noun (an expression of regret)
  • عُذْر noun (an expression of regret)
  • عُذْرْخواهی noun (an expression of regret)
  • مَعْذِرَت noun (an expression of regret)

Irish

2 entries
  • apalacht noun (formal justification, defence)
  • leithscéal noun (an expression of regret)

Italian

3 entries
  • apologia noun (an expression of regret)
  • apologia noun (formal justification, defence)
  • scuse noun (an expression of regret)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 侘び noun (an expression of regret)
  • 弁明 noun (formal justification, defence)
  • 申し訳 noun (an expression of regret)
  • 詫び noun (an expression of regret)

Kapampangan

2 entries
  • kapanupayan noun (an expression of regret)
  • kepanupayan noun (an expression of regret)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • кешірім noun (an expression of regret)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ការសុំទោស noun (an expression of regret)
  • ខមាទោស noun (an expression of regret)

Korean

3 entries
  • 변명 noun (formal justification, defence)
  • 사과 noun (an expression of regret)
  • 사죄 noun (an expression of regret)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • кечирим noun (an expression of regret)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຄຳຂໍໂທດ noun (an expression of regret)

Latvian

1 entries
  • atvainošanās noun (an expression of regret)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • atsiprašymas noun (an expression of regret)

Low German

1 entries
  • Entschülligunge noun (an expression of regret)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Entschëllegung noun (an expression of regret)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • извинение noun (an expression of regret)

Malay

1 entries
  • permintaan maaf noun (an expression of regret)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • уучлал noun (an expression of regret)
  • өршөөл noun (an expression of regret)

Māori

1 entries
  • whakapāha noun (an expression of regret)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries
  • itîzar noun (an expression of regret)
  • lêborîn noun (an expression of regret)
  • mazeret noun (an expression of regret)
  • uzr noun (an expression of regret)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • unnskyldning noun (an expression of regret)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • unnskyldning noun (an expression of regret)

Old English

2 entries
  • lādung noun (an expression of regret)
  • lādung noun (formal justification, defence)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • اعتذار noun (an expression of regret)
  • عذر noun (an expression of regret)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • препитанє noun (an expression of regret)

Pashto

4 entries
  • اعتذار noun (an expression of regret)
  • بخښنه noun (an expression of regret)
  • عذر noun (an expression of regret)
  • معذرت noun (an expression of regret)

Polish

4 entries
  • apologetyka noun (formal justification, defence)
  • apologia noun (formal justification, defence)
  • przeprosiny noun (an expression of regret)
  • przeproszenie noun (an expression of regret)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • apologia noun (formal justification, defence)
  • desculpa noun (an expression of regret)

Romanian

1 entries
  • scuză noun (an expression of regret)

Russian

4 entries
  • извине́ние noun (an expression of regret)
  • извине́ние noun (formal justification, defence)
  • оправда́ние noun (formal justification, defence)
  • проще́ние noun (an expression of regret)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • leisgeul noun (an expression of regret)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • izvinjénje noun (an expression of regret)
  • извиње́ње noun (an expression of regret)

Slovak

1 entries
  • ospravedlnenie noun (an expression of regret)

Slovene

1 entries
  • opravičilo noun (an expression of regret)

Spanish

4 entries
  • apología noun (formal justification, defence)
  • disculpa noun (an expression of regret)
  • disculpa noun (formal justification, defence)
  • excusa noun (formal justification, defence)

Swedish

4 entries
  • apologi noun (formal justification, defence)
  • försvarsskrift noun (formal justification, defence)
  • försvarstal noun (formal justification, defence)
  • ursäkt noun (an expression of regret)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • patawad noun (an expression of regret)
  • paumanhin noun (an expression of regret)

Tajik

4 entries
  • маъзарат noun (an expression of regret)
  • узр noun (an expression of regret)
  • узрхохӣ noun (an expression of regret)
  • эътизор noun (an expression of regret)

Tatar

1 entries
  • гафу noun (an expression of regret)

Thai

1 entries
  • คำขอโทษ noun (an expression of regret)

Turkish

4 entries
  • itizar noun (an expression of regret)
  • mazeret noun (an expression of regret)
  • müdafaa noun (formal justification, defence)
  • savunca noun (formal justification, defence)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • ötünç noun (an expression of regret)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ви́бачення noun (an expression of regret)
  • ви́правдання noun (formal justification, defence)
  • оправда́ння noun (formal justification, defence)
  • перепро́шення noun (an expression of regret)

Urdu

4 entries
  • اِعْتِذار noun (an expression of regret)
  • عُذْر noun (an expression of regret)
  • مَعْذَرَت noun (an expression of regret)
  • مُعافی noun (an expression of regret)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • ئۆزرە noun (an expression of regret)
  • كەچۈرۈم noun (an expression of regret)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • afv noun (an expression of regret)
  • kechirim noun (an expression of regret)
  • kechirish noun (an expression of regret)
  • uzr noun (an expression of regret)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • sự xin lỗi noun (an expression of regret)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אַנטשולדיקונג noun (an expression of regret)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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You don't have to make an apology.

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You owe me an apology for that.

Source: tatoeba (16598)

I must offer you an apology for coming late.

Source: tatoeba (17455)

Why does that require an apology?

Source: tatoeba (38751)

Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.

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