different between apology vs apologise

English

Alternative forms

• apologie (archaic)

Etymology

From French apologie, from Late Latin apologia, from Ancient Greek ???????? (apología, “a speech in defence”), from ??????????? (apologoûmai, “I speak in my defense”), from ???????? (apólogos, “an account, story”), from ??? (apó, “from, off”) (see apo-) + ????? (lógos, “speech”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?l.?.d?i/
• Rhymes: -?l?d?i

Noun

apology (plural apologies)

1. An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry).

2. A formal justification, defence.

   Synonym: apologia

3. Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.

   • [He] goes to work devising apologies for window curtains.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• remorse

Further reading

• apology in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• apology in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

apology +? -ise

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?l??d?a?z/

Verb

apologise (third-person singular simple present apologises, present participle apologising, simple past and past participle apologised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologize.

Translations

References

• apologise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• apologies