Available Definitions:
1) n. - Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as, Tertullian's Apology for Christianity.
2) n. - An acknowledgment intended as an atonement for some improper or injurious remark or act; an admission to another of a wrong or discourtesy done him, accompanied by an expression of regret.
3) n. - Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.
4) v. i. - To offer an apology.