Synonyms for Apology:

• n.

  •
  • minutes,
  • proceedings,
  • Apologies,
  • resolution,
  • agenda,
  • motion,
  • quorum,
  • session,
  • docket.
  •
  • ground,
  • attack,
  • motive,
  • apologetic,
  • in justification of something,
  • pretext,
  • motivation,
  • occasion,
  • cause,
  • point.
  •acknowledgment (noun)
  • re action,
  • re turn,
  • re-turns,
  • re-action,
  • Re-turn,
  • re actions,
  • re turns,
  • re-actions,
  • hailings.
  •amends (noun)
  • re dress,
  • expiations,
  • re dresses,
  • re-dress,
  • re-dresses.
  •cognition (noun)
  • apology.
  •defense (noun)
  • copout,
  • cleanups,
  • apologetics,
  • cleanup,
  • jives,
  • jive,
  • off-time.
  •excuse (noun)
  • regrets.
  •justification (noun)
  • ex planation,
  • ex-planations,
  • ex planations,
  • re buttal,
  • sanctifications,
  • whitewashings,
  • re-buttal,
  • whatfors,
  • re-buttals,
  • re buttals,
  • raison detre,
  • whole ideas.
  •offering of remorse, regret (noun)
  • confession,
  • redress,
  • acknowledgment,
  • mitigation,
  • amends,
  • concession,
  • atonement,
  • admission.
  •parody (noun)
  • mis-representation,
  • play ons,
  • playons,
  • mis representation,
  • mock heroic,
  • play-ons,
  • send-ups,
  • playon,
  • send ups,
  • mockheroics,
  • mis representations,
  • mock-heroics,
  • sendups,
  • mock heroics,
  • mockheroic.
  •penitence (noun)
  • penitence,
  • repentance,
  • attrition,
  • contriteness,
  • self-reproach,
  • remorse,
  • breast-beating.
  •plea (noun)
  • fish tale,
  • Pleadings,
  • OUTS.
  •reason (noun)
  • the whole idea,
  • whyfor.
  •regret (noun)
  • ruefulness,
  • self-accusation,
  • self-condemnation,
  • regretfulness,
  • lamentation,
  • self-disgust.
  •reparation (noun)
  • re-pairs,
  • making goods,
  • propitiations,
  • re-payment,
  • re pair,
  • re-pair,
  • re-payments,
  • squaring thing,
  • re payments,
  • re payment,
  • re pairs.
  •vindication (noun)
  • amnesty,
  • exculpation,
  • refutation,
  • forgiveness,
  • absolution,
  • dismissal,
  • exoneration,
  • pardon,
  • acquittal.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • pronouncement,
  • generalization,
  • allegation,
  • generality,
  • polemic,
  • objection,
  • profession,
  • insistence,
  • proclamation,
  • ultimatum,
  • vision statement,
  • announcement,
  • retraction,
  • credo,
  • motto,
  • syllogism,
  • notification,
  • avowal,
  • mea culpa,
  • utterance,
  • attestation,
  • disclaimer,
  • assurance,
  • protestation,
  • counterclaim,
  • mission statement,
  • lemma,
  • confirmation,
  • assertion,
  • renunciation,
  • reference,
  • manifesto,
  • truism,
  • summing up,
  • prediction,
  • threat,
  • understatement,
  • forecast,
  • declaration,
  • unveiling,
  • non sequitur,
  • disavowal,
  • minority report,
  • bulletin,
  • prognosis.
  •
  • claim,
  • paradox,
  • vote of no confidence,
  • proposition,
  • affirmation,
  • explanation,
  • prophecy,
  • withdrawal,
  • charter.

Paraphrases for Apology:

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    sorry.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    justification, apologise, plea, pretext, sorry.
  • Adverb
    sorry.
  • Verb, past tense
    apologised, apologise.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    apologia, Apologizing, forgiveness, pardon, glorification, alibi.
  • Verb, past tense
    Apologized.

Antonyms for Apology:

• n.

  • offering of remorse, regret
    denial, accusation, censure, indictment, charge, defiance, refusal, repudiation, criticism, condemnation, complaint.
  • Other antonyms:
    injury, imputation, insult, offense, wrong.

Homophones for Apology:

• abolish, aplasia, applesauce, ablaze, abls, abulic, applique, aplysia, apple sauce, apologize, appalachia, aphyllous, apologue, aboulic, applause, appaloosa, apoplexy, apologise, avulse, applesauce cake, apologia, apelike, apple juice, applejack, afl-cio.

Hyponym for Apology:

• n.

  • cognition
    illustration, instance, representative, example.
  • communication
    acknowledgement, acknowledgment.