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apologetic 音标拼音: [əp ,ɑlədʒ'ɛtɪk] a. 道歉的,认错的,辩护的 道歉的,认错的,辩护的 apologetic adj 1: offering or expressing apology; " an apologetic note"; " an apologetic manner" [ synonym: { apologetic}, { excusatory}] [ ant: { unapologetic}] Apologetic \ A* pol` o* get" ic\, Apologetical \ A* pol` o* get" ic* al\, a. [ Gr. ?, fr. ? to speak in defense of; ? from ? speech, ? to say, to speak. See { Logic}.] Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic essay. " To speak in a subdued and apologetic tone." -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 60 Moby Thesaurus words for " apologetic": abject, apologia, ascetic, atoning, cleansing, compensational, compensatory, compunctious, conscience- stricken, contrite, defense, excusatory, excusing, expiatory, extenuating, extenuative, humble, humbled, justification, justificatory, justifying, lustral, lustrational, lustrative, melted, palliative, penitent, penitential, penitentiary, piacular, propitiatory, purgative, purgatorial, purifying, reclamatory, recompensing, redeeming, redemptive, redressing, refuting, regretful, rehabilitative, remorseful, reparative, reparatory, repentant, repenting, restitutional, restitutive, restitutory, righting, rueful, satisfactional, sheepish, softened, sorry, squaring, touched, vindicative, vindicatory
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