"preapologize" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "pre- + apologize",
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          "ref": "1989 Oct, Robert Cetti Jr, “Detour: What Drives Paul Newman?”, in Orange Coast Magazine, page 72",
          "text": "Newman was so ashamed of the film, he took out an ad in The Los Angeles Times to pre-apologize to television viewers on the eve of its late-night showing.",
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          "ref": "2004, Aaron Lazare, On Apology, Oxford University Press, page 171",
          "text": "The second example, a cartoon, shows a husband announcing to his wife, that he wants to pre-apologize before going out for the evening. Despite the humor involved in the idea of “pre-apologizing,” I do not believe that a person can meaningfully apologize before the event.",
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        "To apologize in advance; to make an apology before the fact."
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        [
          "in advance",
          "in advance"
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          "apology",
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          "before the fact",
          "before the fact"
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        "(intransitive) To apologize in advance; to make an apology before the fact."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "preapology"
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        {
          "word": "pre-apologize"
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  "word": "preapologize"
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  "etymology_text": "pre- + apologize",
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      "form": "preapologizes",
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        "present"
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      "form": "preapologized",
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    },
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          "ref": "1989 Oct, Robert Cetti Jr, “Detour: What Drives Paul Newman?”, in Orange Coast Magazine, page 72",
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        "To apologize in advance; to make an apology before the fact."
      ],
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          "in advance",
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        "(intransitive) To apologize in advance; to make an apology before the fact."
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