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
Antonyms:
  1. stubborn
  2. defiant
  3. unrepentant
  4. unapologetic
  5. unregenerate
  6. defying
A statement that justifies or defends something, such as a past action or policy
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. apologia
  2. apology
  3. defense
  4. justification
  5. vindication

Words Related to Apologetic

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Apologetic Sentence Examples

  • Their tone is for the most part apologetic, and indicates a great sensitiveness to criticism.

  • One apologetic contention, aimed at Gentile readers, is found among the motives of Acts.

  • And she was so apologetic because she hadn't caught the mistake.

  • Of Eusebius' apologetic works we still have the Contra Hieroclem, Praeparatio evangelica, Demonstratio evangelica, and Theophania.

  • From Holland, earlier, had proceeded an apologetic work by a man of European fame.

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