See apologetic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "having the character of apology",
"word": "извиня́ющийся"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having the character of apology",
"word": "disculpatorio"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having the character of apology",
"word": "disculpable"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "(dated) defending by words",
"word": "apologètic"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(dated) defending by words",
"word": "apologetikus"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(dated) defending by words",
"word": "védelmező"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(dated) defending by words",
"word": "védő"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(dated) defending by words",
"word": "apologetyczny"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(dated) defending by words",
"word": "apologético"
}
],
"word": "apologetic"
}
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