Apologetic Synonyms and Antonyms

ə-pŏlə-jĕtĭk
Expressing or inclined to express an apology
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. contrite
  2. penitent
  3. regretful
  4. atoning
  5. repentant
  6. remorseful
  7. sorry
  8. expiatory
  9. supplicating
  10. retracting
  11. self-effacing
  12. self-reproachful
  13. self-condemnatory
  14. self-incriminating
  15. explanatory
  16. extenuating
  17. deprecatory
  18. rueful
  19. excusatory
  20. expressing regret
  21. regretfully acknowledging
  22. compunctious
  23. penitential
  24. propitiatory
  25. conciliatory
  26. conscience-stricken
  27. down on one's knees
  28. compensational
  29. vindicatory
  30. reclamatory
  31. rehabilitative
  32. restitutional
  33. satisfactional
A statement that justifies or defends something, such as a past action or policy
(Noun)

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