apologiae

noun

variants or apologias
plural of apologia
as in apologies

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apologiae
  1. apologies
  2. excuses
  3. justifications
  4. defenses
  5. explanations
  6. arguments
Noun
  • Celebrities post their breakfasts, their skincare, their holidays and their Notes-app apologies.
    — Raven Smith, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Leading figures in the security establishment have issued public apologies and left the scene.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of apologies
Noun
  • The town council will give so many excuses as to why they were approved.
    — Stephen Korka, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The rules, which are never explained, are put there as flimsy excuses for aspects of the pilot that don’t hold together otherwise.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of excuses
Noun
  • Tina was granted a divorce on grounds of cruelty, one of the few legal justifications for divorce in 1903.
    — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Well, it’s generally focused on the origins of and justifications for Baldwin’s multi-decade persecution complex.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of justifications
Noun
  • For now, the study identifies a previously underappreciated part of the immune system that could help overcome one of SCLC’s most persistent defenses.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The restriction disrupted operations, including making the slower-flying attack drones easier targets for Russian defenses.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of defenses
Noun
  • But Gottschald has learned that beneath those initial explanations often lie more complicated concerns.
    — Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 16 Oct. 2026
  • These ideas appeared far less often in our participants’ explanations of what teaching resembles.
    — Gustavo E. Fischman, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of explanations
Noun
  • Theoretical arguments suggest that a substantial part, if not all, of the randomness in the world is of quantum origin.
    — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Lincoln lost that year, but the country benefited from their arguments over the legality and morality of slavery.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of arguments
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