Apologetic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  apologetic
       adj : offering or expressing apology; "an apologetic note"; "an
             apologetic manner" [syn: {excusatory}] [ant: {unapologetic}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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