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a·pol·o·gize
/ əˈpäləˌjīz/
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v. [intr.]
express regret for something that one has done wrong:
I must apologize for disturbing you like this.
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Apologies and legal settlement: an empirical examination.
Magazine article from: Michigan Law Review; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...A. Psychological Responses to Apologies B. The Nature of the Apology C. Apologies and Legal Settlement III. THE...sympathy and statutorily protected apologies). This research suggests that an apology may favorably impact the prospects...
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Apologies Accepted? It Depends on the Offense
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/25/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...alone in thinking an apology of such magnitude...rarely feel that the apologies they receive are...commentators who analyze apologies and a distrustful public that weighs apologies for accuracy, completeness...of the ratcheted apology, where public officials...
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Apology within a moral dialectic: a reply to professor Robbennolt.(response to Jennifer K. Robbennolt, Michigan Law Review, vol. 102, p. 460, December 2003)
Magazine article from: Michigan Law Review; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...protect" apologies from the effects...to facilitate apology without evidentiary...the role of apology in settlement...admitting apologies will indeed...different kinds of apologies she was evaluating. A "partial apology" is one in...
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Professional Apology: Dilemma or Opportunity?
Magazine article from: American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; Society uses the apology, an expression of remorse, as a means...wrongs. The legal system may view the apology as an admission against personal interest...legislation now limits the admission of an apology in determining guilt. Ethically, the...
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Insincere apology sends sorry message
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/24/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...the author of the book On Apology, has studied apologies for years. What did he think of the NU apology? "It's a classic," he...addition," the soccer team's apology concludes, "we extend our apologies to teammate Kelly Sitkowski...
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Medical errors, apologies and apology laws
Magazine article from: Canadian Medical Association. Journal; 1/6/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...actual impact of apologies and of apology laws on this outcome...unlikely that apologies would shield physicians...jurisdictions without apology legislation...threatens to inhibit apologies and supports a...consequence, apology legislation will...
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Apology in civil law: a psycho-legal perspective.(Australia)
Magazine article from: Psychiatry, Psychology and Law; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...meaning that the construct of apology has in civil justice and the assumption that an apology may avert lawsuits. I conclude...the morality of protecting apologies from being admitted as evidence...Rosett (1986) declared that apology was virtually absent in...
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Corporate apologies don't mean much; Data breaches force company executives to apologize; but a bad apology can make things worse.
Magazine article from: Network World; 3/14/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...breaches and resulting apologies (see accompanying...members at Perfect Apology to rate each one...None of the apologies acknowledges any...security," Perfect Apology writes. "Also, very few of these apologies explained what the...
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Rating apologies; Deep regrets, from TJX to ChoicePoint, about data leaks.
Magazine article from: Network World; 3/14/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...breaches and the resulting apologies issued by companies, universities...government agency. After each apology, the team from the Web site Perfect Apology weighs in with a detailed...scored a -3 on the Perfect Apology scale. Information in this...
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INSINCERE APOLOGIES ADD INSULT TO INJURY
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 9/19/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...someone else, an apology should be crafted. Apologies should be specific...protocol for offering apologies, there also is...Listen to the apology. Be gracious in...needed to offer an apology. When our apologies are accepted, the...
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apology
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...Minister demanded an apology from the ambassador...x220E; ( apologies ) used to express...social function: apologies for absence were...Brown. 2. ( an apology for ) a very poor...were shown into an apology for a bedroom...PHRASES: with apologies to used before the...
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Apology of the Commons
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Apology of the Commons, 1604. Less an apology than a vigorous assertion of parliamentary rights, it arose...matter was compromised, they resolved to address the king. The apology was couched in respectful terms, but the House maintained...
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Apology for Poetry, An
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Apology for Poetry, An, see Defence of Poetry, A .
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Aristophanes' Apology
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Aristophanes' Apology, a long poem in blank verse by R. Browning , published 1875 as a sequel to Balaustion's Adventure . The core of the poem is...
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Shamela Andrews, An Apology for the Life of Mrs
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Shamela Andrews, An Apology for the Life of Mrs, a parody by H. Fielding , published pseudonymously 1741. Richardson's Pamela was published in 1740...
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