Apology Explained

Apology, The Apology, apologize/apologise, apologist, apologetics, or apologetic may refer to:

Common uses

• Apology (act), an expression of remorse or regret
• Apologia, a formal defense of an opinion, position, or action

Arts, entertainment, and media

Literature

• Apology (Plato), Plato's recording of Socrates' defense at trial
• Apology (Xenophon), Xenophon's version of Socrates' defense
• A Mathematician's Apology (1940), an essay by British mathematician G. H. Hardy
• Apologeticus or Apology (c. AD 197) of Tertullian
• Apologia Pro Vita Sua (1864), a defense of Catholicism by John Henry Newman
• Apology of the Augsburg Confession (1531), a defense of Lutheranism by Philipp Melanchthon

Films and television

• Apology (film) (1986), starring Lesley Ann Warren
• The Apology (film), a documentary about World War II "comfort women"
• "The Apology" (Seinfeld), a television episode
• "The Apology" (The Amazing World of Gumball), a television episode

Music

• "Apologize" (Ed Ames song), 1967
• "Apologize" (OneRepublic song), 2007
• "Apology", a song by Lazlo Bane from the album Back Sides, 2006
• "Apology", a song by The Posies from the album Dear 23, 1990
• "Apologize", a song by Hollywood Undead from the 2011 album American Tragedy
• "Apologize", a song by John Lee Hooker from the album John Lee Hooker Plays & Sings the Blues, 1952
• "Apologize", a 1968 song by Peter, Paul and Mary from the album Late Again
• "Apologize", a song by Grandson (musician)
• "Apologize", a song by Baby Keem from the 2019 mixtape Die for My Bitch

Religion

• Apologetics, the systematic theological defense of a religious position
  • Christian apologetics, the defense of Christianity

Other uses

• Apology (horse) (1871 - 1888), a British Triple Crown winning Thoroughbred
• The Apology to Australia's Indigenous peoples, also known as The Apology, made by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in 2008
• Mr. Apology Allan Bridge (1945–1995), American conceptual artist

See also

• ApologetiX, a Christian parody band founded in 1992
• Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005), an album by Wolf Parade
• "All Apologies", a 1993 song by Nirvana
• I Apologize (disambiguation)
• No Apologies (disambiguation)
• Pranāma, also known as the apology hand gesture, common in India
• Regret (emotion)
• Sorry (disambiguation)