'apologetic' definitions:
Definition of 'apologetic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Offering or expressing apology; "an apologetic note"; "an apologetic manner" [syn: apologetic, excusatory] [ant: unapologetic]
Synonyms of 'apologetic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abject,
- apologia,
- ascetic,
- atoning,
- cleansing,
- compensational,
- compensatory,
- compunctious,
- conscience-stricken,
- contrite,
- defense,
- excusatory,
- excusing,
- expiatory,
- extenuating,
- extenuative,
- humble,
- humbled,
- justification,
- justificatory,
- justifying,
- lustral,
- lustrational,
- lustrative,
- melted,
- palliative,
- penitent,
- penitential,
- penitentiary,
- piacular,
- propitiatory,
- purgative,
- purgatorial,
- purifying,
- reclamatory,
- recompensing,
- redeeming,
- redemptive,
- redressing,
- refuting,
- regretful,
- rehabilitative,
- remorseful,
- reparative,
- reparatory,
- repentant,
- repenting,
- restitutional,
- restitutive,
- restitutory,
- righting,
- rueful,
- satisfactional,
- sheepish,
- softened,
- sorry,
- squaring,
- touched,
- vindicative,
- vindicatory