Apologetic synonyms
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Tending to conciliate or reconcile
Full of remorse; feeling, expressing, or caused by remorse
Expressing disapproval or criticism.
Promoting or producing retribution or punishment.
unapologetic (antonym)
Not apologetic, especially when being apologetic would be appropriate.
Inspiring pity or compassion.
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Not drawing attention to oneself; modest.
Feeling or expressing remorse for one's misdeeds or sins; contrite.
Characterized by or demonstrating repentance; penitent.
supplicating
self-reproachful
self-condemnatory
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self-incriminating
Intended to serve as an explanation.
The definition of extenuating is circumstances or facts that are lessening the severity of something or explaining bad behavior.
atoning
expressing regret
Exhibiting compunctions, scruples, feelings of guilt.
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Of, relating to, or expressing penitence.
Intended to propitiate, reconcile, expiate or appease; conciliatory.
Feeling guilty or remorseful because of having done some wrong
down on one's knees
unrepentant (antonym)
Having or exhibiting no remorse.
unregenerate (antonym)
Sinful; dissolute.
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Sorrowful about what has been lost or done.
defiant (antonym)
The definition of defiant is someone or something that resists behaving or conforming to what is asked or expected.
A formal spoken or written defense of some idea, religion, philosophy, etc.
The fact or state of being defended
A showing of an appropriate reason for one’s actions.
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Something that provides evidence or support for a claim or argument:
regret (related)
Expressing or inclined to express an apology
attack (related)
The experience or beginning of a feeling, need, or desire:
Serving to make an excuse
compensational
That compensates
reclamatory
Tending to rehabilitate.
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restitutional
satisfactional
flippant (related)
ironical (related)
uncritical (related)
unorthodox (related)
insincere (related)
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agnostic (related)
regretfully acknowledging
defying (antonym)
expressing remorse, regret
Find another word for apologetic. In this page you can discover 52 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for apologetic, like: conciliatory, remorseful, contrite, deprecatory, vindicatory, unapologetic, rueful, self-effacing, penitent, repentant and supplicating.