Synonyms for apologetic
əˌpɒl əˈdʒɛt ɪkapolo·get·ic

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1. apologeticadjective

   Having the character of apology; regretfully excusing

   His tone was apologetic as he explained what had happened.

   Synonyms:
   remorseful, regretful, sorry

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1. apologetic, excusatoryadjective

   offering or expressing apology

   "an apologetic note"; "an apologetic manner"

   Synonyms:
   excusatory

   Antonyms:
   unapologetic

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1. List of paraphrases for "apologetic":

   contrite, repentant

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1. James Minor:

   I deserve respect, an apologetic letter from the Bojangles’ company and probably a cash reward, what is a $100 gift certificate when you’re bringing in $4,500?

2. Salli Frattini:

   Here we are trying to ask the person that this has happened to because this happened to her, and she was gone, then we sought out Justin. We pulled him aside one to one. He was like ‘that was never meant to happen.’ I was told you guys knew. He was very apologetic. He manned up.

3. Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy:

   I appreciated Comey's candor, he was forthcoming. He wasn't apologetic.

4. Stephen Moore:

   These articles that you're talking about were 17, 18 years ago, some of those were columns. They were humor columns, but some of them weren't funny and so I am apologetic. I'm embarrassed by some of those things that I wrote, but I do think we should get back to the issue of whether I'm qualified to be on the Federal Reserve Board.

5. Darren Woods:

   We condemn the statements and are deeply apologetic for them, including comments regarding interactions with elected officials, they are entirely inconsistent with the way we expect our people to conduct themselves. We were shocked by these interviews and stand by our commitments to working on finding solutions to climate change.