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Apology vs. Amends — What's the Difference?

Apology vs. Amends — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Apology and Amends

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Apology

An acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense
Please accept my apology for being so late.

Amends

"Amends" is episode ten of season three of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It was written and directed by series creator Joss Whedon.

Apology

A formal justification or defense.

Amends

Plural of amend

Apology

An explanation or excuse
"The consequence of those measures will be the best apology for my conduct" (Daniel Defoe).
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Amends

Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.
Amends were made for the damage and no charges were filed.

Apology

An inferior substitute
The sagging cot was a poor apology for a bed.

Amends

Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.
Yet thus far fortune maketh us amends.

Apology

An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry).
What he said really hurt my feelings, but his apology sounded so sincere that I couldn't help but forgive him.
The CEO made a public apology for the scandal, and promised full cooperation with the authorities.

Amends

A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

Apology

A formal justification, defence.
The Apology of Socrates.

Amends

Something done or paid in expiation of a wrong;
How can I make amends

Apology

Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.
A poor apology for a hotel room

Apology

Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as, Tertullian's Apology for Christianity.
It is not my intention to make an apology for my poem; some will think it needs no excuse, and others will receive none.

Apology

An acknowledgment intended as an atonement for some improper or injurious remark or act; an admission to another of a wrong or discourtesy done him, accompanied by an expression of regret.

Apology

Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.
He goes to work devising apologies for window curtains.

Apology

To offer an apology.
For which he can not well apology.

Apology

An expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone;
He wrote a letter of apology to the hostess

Apology

A formal written defense of something you believe in strongly

Apology

A poor example;
It was an apology for a meal
A poor excuse for an automobile

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