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plural apologies
An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry). examples
A formal justification, defence. examples
Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift. quotations examples
[He] goes to work devising apologies for window curtains.
1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 20, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853
The response to firing is remarkable, and though the 280 lb. pressure seems more in the nature of a reserve for emergencies than a continuous working figure, even with the present-day apology for coal it seldom fell below 250 lb., and could always be brought up to blowing-off point with little difficulty. To this liveliness of steaming the thermic syphons are doubtless the chief contributory.
1947 January and February, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 39