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adj. Offering or expressing an apology or excuse: an apologetic note; an apologetic smile.

adj. Self-deprecating; humble: an apologetic manner.

adj. Serving as or containing a formal justification or defense: an apologetic treatise on church doctrine.

n. A formal defense or apology.

adj. Having the character of apology; regretfully excusing

adj. Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense.

adj. Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing.

Of, pertaining to, or containing a defense; defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense: as, an apologetic essay.

Making apology or excuse; manifesting regret for or excusing some fault, failure, deficiency, imperfection, etc., in one's own conduct or that of another: as, an apologetic reply; an apologetic manner.

n. An apology; a defense.

adj. offering or expressing apology

"He got up, his expression apologetic, and fumbled for change in his pocket, throwing down much more than our two coffees cost."

self-deprecating    defensive    justificatory    justificative    apologetical   

apologetic fathers   

justificatory    excusatory    remorseful    regretful    sorry   

Athletic    Peripatetic    acetic    aesthetic    alphabetic    anesthetic    apathetic    arithmetic    ascetic    athletic   

deferential    respectful    regretful    submissive    conciliatory    sheepish    self-conscious    timid    hesitant    rueful