noun (plural apologies)
1 [C,U] ~ (to sb) (for sth) a word or statement saying sorry for sth that has been done wrong or that causes a problem:
to offer / make / demand / accept an apology * You owe him an apology for what you said. * We should like to offer our apologies for the delay to your flight today. * We received a letter of apology.
2 [C,usually pl.] information that you cannot go to a meeting or must leave early:
The meeting started with apologies (= the names of people who said they could not go to the meeting). * (formal) She made her apologies and left early.
IDIOMS
make no apology / apologies for sth if you say that you make no apology/apologies for sth, you mean that you do not feel that you have said or done sth wrong
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for apology is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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