APOLOGY
NOUNS
► OFF-COME an apology; an excuse, pretense, evasion → 1700 Sc.
► OMPERLOGIES apologies for not undertaking a work, difficulties urged in excuse → 1905 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► SCHISM an unnecessary apology; a frivolous excuse; roundabout reasoning; a nice distinction → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCONCE an apology, an excuse; a trick; deception → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
PHRASES
► BEG-PARDON an expression of apology → 1906 Aust. & NZ colloq.
► ONE AND ELEVENPENCE THREE FARDEN I beg your pardon → 1940 rhyming sl.
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