apologetic, regretfully excusing · defence, justification (concerning an argument in support of something, mainly in legal settings) · of the branch of apologetics
köken: Semantic loan from French apologétique (“apologetic: regretful; defending”) from Medieval Latin apologeticus with the same sense, from ἀπολογητικός (apologētikós, “sense: suitable for defence”). Also see ἀπολογία (apología).
Μου ζήτησε συγγνώμη με απολογητικό ύφος και κατεβασμένο το κεφάλι.