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Summary

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apology:
- Entschuldigung; Rechtfertigung; Justifikation; Pardon; Verzeihung
Wiktionary:
- apology → Apologie, Entschuldigung, Apologetik, Abbitte
- apology → Entschuldigung, Apologie

English

Detailed Translations for apology from English to German

apology:

apology [the ~] nomen

the apology (excuse; justification; vindication; thinking up a story; weathering)
die Entschuldigung; die Rechtfertigung; die Justifikation
- Entschuldigung [die ~] nomen
- Rechtfertigung [die ~] nomen
- Justifikation [die ~] nomen
the apology (excuse)
der Pardon; die Verzeihung
- Pardon [der ~] nomen
- Verzeihung [die ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for apology:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Entschuldigung	apology; excuse; justification; thinking up a story; vindication; weathering	excuse; justification; sham; story; vindication
Justifikation	apology; excuse; justification; thinking up a story; vindication; weathering	justification; vindication
Pardon	apology; excuse
Rechtfertigung	apology; excuse; justification; thinking up a story; vindication; weathering
Verzeihung	apology; excuse	absolution; clemency; excuse; forgiveness; forgiving; forgivingness; grace; justification; mercy; pardon; remission; vindication
-	apologia; excuse
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	apologia; defence; defense

Related Words for "apology":

apologies

Synonyms for "apology":

acknowledgment; acknowledgement
apologia; defense; defence; vindication
excuse; example; illustration; instance; representative

Related Definitions for "apology":

a poor example¹
- it was an apology for a meal¹
an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone¹
- he wrote a letter of apology to the hostess¹
a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly¹

Wiktionary Translations for apology:

apology

noun

formal justification, defence
- apology → Apologie
an expression of regret
- apology → Entschuldigung

apology

noun

Äußerung des Bedauerns eines eigenen Fehlers
- Entschuldigung → apology
gehoben: Verteidigung, Rechtfertigung
- Apologie → apologia; apology
Verteidigung, Rechtfertigung einer Weltanschauung
- Apologetik → apologia; apology
die Bitte um Nachsicht, Verzeihung
- Abbitte → deprecation; excuse; apology

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• apology	→ Entschuldigung	↔ excuus — de verontschuldiging
• apology	→ Apologie	↔ apologie — een mondelinge of schriftelijke verdediging van een persoon, zaak of leer tegen onrechtvaardige aanvallen

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University