Definition for Apology:

• Something said or written in justification or extenuation, as a thing which may be, or may seem, called for.

Synonyms for Apology:

• n.

  •
  • assurance,
  • avowal,
  • accusation,
  • attestation,
  • allegation,
  • assertion,
  • announcement,
  • affirmation.
  •
  • minutes,
  • docket,
  • proceedings,
  • agenda,
  • Apologies,
  • session,
  • motion,
  • quorum,
  • mea culpa,
  • resolution.
  •
  • cause,
  • motivation,
  • pretext,
  • occasion,
  • apologetic,
  • ground,
  • motive,
  • point,
  • attack.
  •apology (noun)
  • apologia,
  • excuse.
  •cognition (noun)
  • excuse.
  •defense (noun)
  • apologetics.
  •excuse (noun)
  • explanation,
  • regrets.
  •offering of remorse, regret (noun)
  • confession,
  • extenuation,
  • excuse,
  • concession,
  • atonement,
  • redress,
  • justification,
  • mitigation,
  • mea culpa,
  • admission,
  • plea,
  • vindication,
  • defense,
  • explanation,
  • reparation,
  • amends,
  • acknowledgment.
  •penitence (noun)
  • contriteness,
  • attrition,
  • regret,
  • atonement,
  • breast-beating,
  • self-reproach,
  • penitence,
  • remorse,
  • confession,
  • repentance.
  •regret (noun)
  • self-reproach,
  • regretfulness.
  •vindication (noun)
  • mitigation,
  • absolution,
  • acquittal,
  • pardon,
  • amnesty,
  • forgiveness,
  • refutation,
  • vindication,
  • exoneration,
  • exculpation,
  • dismissal.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • disclaimer,
  • generalization,
  • understatement,
  • statement,
  • bulletin,
  • summing up,
  • announcement,
  • disavowal,
  • utterance,
  • allegation,
  • assertion,
  • manifesto,
  • prediction,
  • truism,
  • ultimatum,
  • syllogism,
  • notification,
  • assurance,
  • reparation,
  • mea culpa,
  • avowal,
  • attestation,
  • protestation,
  • prognosis,
  • extenuation,
  • unveiling,
  • polemic.
  •
  • charter,
  • affirmation,
  • explanation,
  • proposition,
  • withdrawal.
  •Other relevant words:
  • disclosure,
  • gloss,
  • support,
  • explicate,
  • case,
  • contrition,
  • apologize,
  • untruth,
  • affirmation,
  • deficient,
  • cover up,
  • guise,
  • maintain,
  • fortress,
  • bicker,
  • varnish,
  • announcement,
  • Advocating,
  • satisfaction,
  • show,
  • resistance,
  • advocacy,
  • stratagem,
  • flyting,
  • shift,
  • prediction,
  • change of heart,
  • protestation,
  • pitiable,
  • example,
  • apologetics,
  • defense,
  • AMENDE HONORABLE,
  • regretfulness,
  • bitterness,
  • argument,
  • allegation,
  • hassle,
  • notification,
  • pretext,
  • minutes,
  • color,
  • plea,
  • wrangling,
  • blind,
  • condone,
  • imperfect,
  • makeshift,
  • piteous,
  • acknowledgement,
  • charter,
  • avowal,
  • beseech,
  • statement,
  • penance,
  • paltry,
  • docket,
  • pretension,
  • expound,
  • reason,
  • locus standi,
  • lacking,
  • exonerate,
  • sophistry,
  • bulletin,
  • grounds,
  • argumentation,
  • amends,
  • poor excuse,
  • shamefastness,
  • justification,
  • utterance,
  • cover,
  • grief,
  • reformation,
  • resolution,
  • forgive,
  • basis,
  • concession,
  • sham,
  • controversy,
  • set-to,
  • Polemics,
  • rationalization,
  • flattery,
  • deficiency,
  • white lie,
  • shamefulness,
  • espousal,
  • alibi,
  • quorum,
  • cloak,
  • disputation,
  • peace offering,
  • redress,
  • Regretting,
  • justify,
  • why,
  • deliver,
  • session,
  • defective,
  • special pleading,
  • sorrow,
  • beg,
  • relieve,
  • front,
  • sorriness,
  • liberate,
  • remorsefulness,
  • foundation,
  • summing up,
  • occasion,
  • condonation,
  • cause,
  • insufficient,
  • casuistry,
  • protect,
  • remorseful,
  • Logomachy,
  • bickering,
  • attestation,
  • smokescreen,
  • plead,
  • entreat,
  • cover story,
  • proceedings,
  • screen,
  • contrite,
  • keep,
  • generalization,
  • vindicate,
  • sin offering,
  • dispute,
  • assert,
  • mea culpa,
  • attack,
  • refuge,
  • exculpate,
  • ultimatum,
  • Advocation,
  • motion,
  • extenuation,
  • disclaimer,
  • withdrawal,
  • inadequate,
  • self-justification,
  • acknowledgment,
  • prognosis,
  • interpret,
  • admission,
  • ground,
  • repentant,
  • assurance,
  • reparation,
  • understatement,
  • defence,
  • sacrifice,
  • SAETA,
  • sorry,
  • remit,
  • device,
  • assertion,
  • agenda,
  • burnt offering,
  • scarce,
  • defend,
  • excuse,
  • sour grapes,
  • proposition,
  • rationalize,
  • Championing,
  • extenuating circumstances,
  • contention,
  • truism,
  • pitiful,
  • subterfuge,
  • rationale,
  • unveiling,
  • rhubarb,
  • protection,
  • disavowal,
  • regrets,
  • parody,
  • explain,
  • feint,
  • palliation,
  • Apologies,
  • stalking-horse,
  • scapegoat,
  • recantation,
  • regretful,
  • shamefacedness,
  • apologia,
  • semblance,
  • hubbub,
  • motive,
  • security,
  • war of words,
  • apologetic,
  • moonshine,
  • handle,
  • trick,
  • incompetent,
  • shield,
  • pretense,
  • syllogism,
  • shame,
  • penitent,
  • passage of arms,
  • motivation,
  • point,
  • bad,
  • preserve,
  • pathetic,
  • smoke screen,
  • story,
  • facade,
  • litigation,
  • clarify,
  • explanation,
  • expiation,
  • manifesto,
  • scanty,
  • charge,
  • absolve,
  • mask,
  • Resipiscence,
  • illustration,
  • veil,
  • repining,
  • sorrowful,
  • define,
  • wistfulness,
  • allowance,
  • polemic,
  • salvo.

Antonyms for Apology:

• n.

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

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    accusation, censure, charge, complaint, condemnation, criticism, defiance, denial, indictment, refusal, repudiation.