apology Copy link Outline I. An excuse for a fault1. excūsātĭo2. sătisfactĭo (denoting such an a. or amends as may satisfy the injured party)II. A treatise written in defence of a man or doctrine.1. ăpŏlŏgia (ἀπολογία)2. liber apologeticus3. dēfensĭo • apology: I. An excuse for a fault: 1. excūsātĭo: a reasonable a., ex. justa, Cic.: those a.s for your injustice have weight with me, illae valent apud me ex. injuriae tuae, Cic.: an utterly inadmissible a., ex. minime accipienda, Cic.: to no citizen did there appear to be any satisfactory a. for his absence, nemini civi ulla quo minus adesset, satis justa ex. visa est, Cic. 2. sătisfactĭo (denoting such an a. or amends as may satisfy the injured party): Caesar accepted the a. of the Ubii, Caesar Ubiorum satisfactionem accepit, Caes.: Cic.: v. justification, satisfaction. II. A treatise written in defence of a man or doctrine. 1. ăpŏlŏgia (ἀπολογία): Apul.: Hier. 2. liber apologeticus: Tert.: v. apologetic. 3. dēfensĭo: v. defence.