## Meanings
1. A statement saying that you are sorry for something you have done.
2. A formal defence of a belief or position.
3. A very poor example of something.

## Examples
- His apology sounded so sincere that I forgave him at once.
- The book is a passionate apology for democracy.
- That sad little sandwich was an apology for a meal.

## Derived Forms
- antapology
- apologee
- apologian
- apologise
- apologism
- apologist
- apologize
- apologizer
- fauxpology
- ifpology
- non-apology
- nonapology

## Related Forms
- apologetic
- apologetics
- apologia
- remorse

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: apologie
- Root: apologia
- Root: ἀπολογία

## Etymology
From French apologie, from Late Latin apologia, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech in defence”), from ἀπολογοῦμαι (apologoûmai, “I speak in my defense”), from ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “an account, story”), from ἀπό (apó, “from, off”) (see apo-) + λόγος (lógos, “speech”). Doublet of apologia. By surface analysis, apo- + -logy.

## AI Etymology
Apology comes from French apologie, from Late Latin apologia, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech in defence”), from ἀπολογοῦμαι (apologoûmai, “I speak in my defense”), from ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “an account, story”), from ἀπό (apó, “from, off”) (see apo-) plus λόγος (lógos, “speech”). Doublet of apologia. By surface analysis, apo- plus -logy. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix.

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