• Arabic: إعتذار
• Czech: omluva
• Danish: undskyldning
• Dutch: verontschuldiging
• Filipino: patawad, paumanhin
• Finnish: anteeksipyyntö, pahoittelu
• German: Entschuldigung
• Hebrew: ,
• Japanese: 侘び (wabi)
• Lithuanian: atsiprasau
• Polish: przeprosiny
• Russian: извинение

• Albanian: apologji
• Arabic: دفاع
• Danish: forsvar
• Finnish: puolustus, puolustuskirjoitus
• Russian: извинение

• ttbc Catalan: disculpa
• ttbc Dutch: verontschuldiging p
• ttbc French: apologie
• ttbc Italian: apologia
• ttbc Indonesian: maaf
• ttbc Japanese: 謝罪 (しゃざい, shazai)
• ttbc Korean: 사과 (sagwa)
• ttbc Norwegian: unnskyldning
• ttbc Portuguese: desculpa
• ttbc Spanish: disculpa
• ttbc Arabic: إعتذار - أسف

An apology is a justification or defense of an act or idea, from the Greek apologia (απολογία). An apology can also be an expression of contrition and remorse for something done wrong.

Apology can refer to:

• Apologetics, the systematic defense of a position.
  • Christian apologetics, the defense of Christianity.

In literature

• Apology (Plato), Plato's recording of Socrates' defense at trial.
• Apology (Xenophon), Xenophon's version of Socrates' defense.
• Apology of the Augsburg Confession, a 1531 defense of Lutheranism by Philipp Melanchthon.
• An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, a 1676 defense of Quakerism by Robert Barclay.
• An Apology for the Life of Col

In music

• Apologia (album), a 2002 album by the rock band Sajama Cut.
• Apologize (song), A song written by OneRepublic that was remixed by Timbaland for his second album, Timbaland Presents: Shock Value.
• Apologize is a an insturmental piece in The Big O

Apology can also refer to:

• The Apology (Seinfeld episode), a 1997 episode of the television show Seinfeld.
• Apology'', a 2006 film directed by Kyle Colavitti
• The Australian Government's apology to Aboriginal people, 13th February 2008

See also

• Non-apology apology
• Remorse
• Anthropology

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