Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A formal defense or justification. synonym: apology.

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  • noun A written defense of a position or belief.

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  • noun a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin, apology; see apology.]

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Examples

  • How this can be twisted in apologia for McCarthy is beyond me.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking the Washington Post to School 2010

  • The second apologia is that the Lib Dem leadership concluded before the election that their policy on tuition fees was unsustainable.

    Wake up and smell the burning rubber, Mr Cable and Mr Clegg Andrew Rawnsley 2010

  • Another death-row apologia from the convicted cop killer and self-proclaimed political prisoner, philosopher, and poet.

    Rote From Underground 2004

  • Another death-row apologia from the convicted cop killer and self-proclaimed political prisoner, philosopher, and poet.

    Rote From Underground 2004

  • (There is one striking exception: his Apology, which purports to be the speech that Socrates gave in his defense ” the Greek word apologia means “defense” ” when, in 399, he was legally charged and convicted of the crime of impiety.

    Plato Kraut, Richard 2009

  • When the Village Voice suggested in 1982 that Mr. Kosinski might not have been the sole author of all of his novels, The Times responded with an unprecedented 6,500-word apologia for Mr. Kosinski, which started across the top of the front page of the Arts and Leisure section.

    A.M. Rosenthal, 1922-2006 2006

  • When the Village Voice suggested in 1982 that Mr. Kosinski might not have been the sole author of all of his novels, The Times responded with an unprecedented 6,500-word apologia for Mr. Kosinski, which started across the top of the front page of the Arts and Leisure section.

    A.M. Rosenthal, 1922-2006 2006

  • When the Village Voice suggested in 1982 that Mr. Kosinski might not have been the sole author of all of his novels, The Times responded with an unprecedented 6,500-word apologia for Mr. Kosinski, which started across the top of the front page of the Arts and Leisure section.

    A.M. Rosenthal, 1922-2006 2006

  • Valatan's Ray Lankford apologia, which is always a plus.

    Viva El Birdos DanUpBaby 2010

  • Valatan's Ray Lankford apologia, which is always a plus.

    Viva El Birdos DanUpBaby 2010

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