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pre-apology

pre-apology is the alternative form of preapology.

Meaning of preapology

Noun

preapology (plural preapologies)

  1. An apology in advance; an apology before the fact.
    • However, I am informed that Gazette readers were greeted with a somewhat similar pre-apology by Justice when he first put pen to paper in the capacity of what he calls scribe, […]1916, D. Emery, The Seventh Regiment Gazette,, volume 31, page 141

Forms of pre-apology

pluralpre-apologies

Questions about pre-apology

What is pre-apology the alternative form of?
Pre-apology is the alternative form of preapology.

Words near pre-apology in the dictionary

  1. pre-apologies
  2. pre-apologize
  3. pre-apologized
  4. pre-apologizes
  5. pre-apologizing
  6. pre-apology
  7. pre-apprenticeship
  8. pre-apprenticeships
  9. pre-approval
  10. pre-approval letter
  11. pre-approval letters

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