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   apologetic

   /əˌpɒləˈdʒɛtɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. expressing or showing regretful acknowledgement of an offence or failure: "she was very apologetic about the whole incident"
   • 2. constituting a formal defence or justification of a theory or doctrine: "the apologetic proposition that production for profit is the same thing as production for need"

   Word 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.

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