"apols" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From apologies by shortening.",
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          "ref": "2008, Susie Day, serafina67 *urgently requires life*, Scholastic, published 2008, →ISBN, page 105:",
          "text": "Apols for TMI but that really is all that has happened.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, James Bennett, Television Personalities: Stardom and the Small Screen, Routledge, →ISBN, pages 173–174:",
          "text": "On the other, the self was also confirmed as authentic via a process of interaction, whereby Fry answered and apologised to his critic for the subsequent abuse he received on Twitter – 'Pls accept my apols ... I feel more sheepish than a sheep'.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2013, Robert Hudson, The Dazzle, Jonathan Cape, published 2013, →ISBN, page 68:",
          "text": "Apols if this letter is a disarray, but my head is like a drum made of cymbals.",
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        "Apologies."
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          "apologies"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, informal) Apologies."
      ],
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        "UK",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
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  "etymology_text": "From apologies by shortening.",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English clippings",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English pluralia tantum",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
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        {
          "ref": "2008, Susie Day, serafina67 *urgently requires life*, Scholastic, published 2008, →ISBN, page 105:",
          "text": "Apols for TMI but that really is all that has happened.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, James Bennett, Television Personalities: Stardom and the Small Screen, Routledge, →ISBN, pages 173–174:",
          "text": "On the other, the self was also confirmed as authentic via a process of interaction, whereby Fry answered and apologised to his critic for the subsequent abuse he received on Twitter – 'Pls accept my apols ... I feel more sheepish than a sheep'.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Robert Hudson, The Dazzle, Jonathan Cape, published 2013, →ISBN, page 68:",
          "text": "Apols if this letter is a disarray, but my head is like a drum made of cymbals.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Apologies."
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        "(UK, informal) Apologies."
      ],
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        "informal",
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
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