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preapology en · NOUN

Etymology

From pre- + apology.

Meanings

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:
   • A common “pre-apology” occurs when people “apologize” in anticipation of leaving a meeting early. 2004, Aaron Lazare, On Apology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 172:

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preapologize