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• apologetic — APOLOGÉTIC, Ă, apologetici, ce, adj., s.f. 1. adj. Care conţine o apologie, care ţine de apologie. 2. s.f. Sistem (adesea neîntemeiat) de apărare sau de justificare a unei idei, doctrine etc. 3. s.f. Parte a teologiei care are ca scop apărarea… …   Dicționar Român

• Apologetic — A*pol o*get ic, Apologetical A*pol o*get ic*al, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to speak in defense of; ? from + ? speech, ? to say, to speak. See {Logic}.] Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Apologetic proverb — Apologetic proverbs (also known as Wellerisms after Sam Weller in The Pickwick Papers ), make fun of established proverbs by proving that they are wrong in certain situations often when taken literally. They often argue that it is pointless for… …   Wikipedia

• apologetic — index contrite, palliative (excusing), penitent, remorseful, repentant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• apologetic — (adj.) 1640s, vindicatory, from Fr. apologétique, from L. apologeticus, from Gk. apologetikos defensible, from apologeisthai (see APOLOGY (Cf. apology)). Meaning regrefully acknowledging failure is from 1855. As a noun, formal defense, from early …   Etymology dictionary

• apologetic — [adj] expressing remorse, regret atoning, attritional, compunctious, conciliatory, contrite, expiatory, explanatory, on one’s knees*, penitent, penitential, propitiatory, regretful, remorseful, repentant, rueful, selfeffacing, self incriminating …   New thesaurus

• apologetic — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ regretfully acknowledging an offence. DERIVATIVES apologetically adverb …   English terms dictionary

• apologetic — [ə päl΄ə jet′ik] adj. [Fr apologétique < LL(Ec) apologeticus < Gr apologētikos, suitable for defense < apologeisthai: see APOLOGY] 1. defending in writing or speech; vindicating 2. showing realization of and regret for a fault, wrong,… …   English World dictionary

• apologetic — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, sound ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• apologetic — a|pol|o|get|ic [əˌpɔləˈdʒetık US əˌpa: ] adj showing or saying that you are sorry that something has happened, especially because you feel guilty or embarrassed about it apologetic about ▪ The manager was very apologetic about everything. ▪ She… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• apologetic — adj. apologetic about, for (she was apologetic for her blunder) * * * [əˌpɒlə dʒetɪk] for (she was apologetic for her blunder) apologetic about …   Combinatory dictionary