[əˌpɒləˈdʒɛtɪk], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- expressing or showing regretful acknowledgement of an offence or failure
(e.g: she was very apologetic about the whole incident)

- constituting a formal defence or justification of a theory or doctrine
(e.g: the apologetic proposition that production for profit is the same thing as production for need)


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Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun denoting a formal justification): from French apologétique or late Latin apologeticus, from Greek apologētikos, from apologeisthei ‘speak in one's own defence’, from apologia (see apology). The current sense dates from the mid 19th century