# Apology

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

## Common uses

- [Apology (act)](/source/Apology_(act)), an expression of remorse or regret
- [Apologia](/source/Apologia), a formal defense of an opinion, position, or action

## Arts, entertainment, and media

### Literature

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

### Films and television

- [*Apology* (film)](/source/Apology_(film)) (1986), starring Lesley Ann Warren
- [*The Apology* (2016 film)](/source/The_Apology_(2016_film)), a documentary about World War II "comfort women"
- ["The Apology" (*Seinfeld*)](/source/The_Apology_(Seinfeld)), a television episode
- ["The Apology" (*The Amazing World of Gumball*)](/source/The_Apology_(The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball)), a television episode
- [*The Apology* (2022 film)](/source/The_Apology_(2022_film)), starring Anna Gunn
- ["Apologies" (*The Bear*)](/source/Apologies_(The_Bear)), a 2024 episode of *The Bear* TV series

### Music

- ["Apologize" (song)](/source/Apologize_(song)), 2006 song by OneRepublic, later remixed by Timbaland in 2007
- ["Apologize" (Ed Ames song)](/source/Apologize_(Ed_Ames_song)), 1967
- "Apology", a song by Lazlo Bane from the album *[Back Sides](/source/Back_Sides)*, 2006
- "Apology", a song by The Posies from the album *[Dear 23](/source/Dear_23)*, 1990
- "Apologize", a song by Hollywood Undead from the 2011 album *[American Tragedy](/source/American_Tragedy_(album))*
- "Apologize", a song by John Lee Hooker from the album *[John Lee Hooker Plays & Sings the Blues](/source/John_Lee_Hooker_Plays_%26_Sings_the_Blues)*, 1952
- "Apologize", a 1968 song by Peter, Paul and Mary from the album *[Late Again](/source/Late_Again_(album))*
- "Apologize", a song by [Grandson (musician)](/source/Grandson_(musician))
- "Apologize", a song by Baby Keem from the 2019 mixtape *[Die for My Bitch](/source/Die_for_My_Bitch)*

## Religion

- [Apologetics](/source/Apologetics), the systematic theological defense of a religious position - [Christian apologetics](/source/Christian_apologetics), the defense of Christianity

## Other uses

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

## See also

- [ApologetiX](/source/ApologetiX), a Christian parody band founded in 1992
- *[Apologies to the Queen Mary](/source/Apologies_to_the_Queen_Mary)* (2005), an album by Wolf Parade
- "[All Apologies](/source/All_Apologies)", a 1993 song by Nirvana
- [I Apologize (disambiguation)](/source/I_Apologize_(disambiguation))
- [No Apologies (disambiguation)](/source/No_Apologies_(disambiguation))
- *[Pranāma](/source/Pran%C4%81ma)*, also known as the apology hand gesture, common in India
- [Regret (emotion)](/source/Regret_(emotion))
- [Sorry (disambiguation)](/source/Sorry_(disambiguation))

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