APOLOGY

• 'Mea culpa,' at times

• 'My bad,' for one

• An expression of regret

• Excuse, sometimes

• Expression of regret

• Fight stopper

• Guilty plea?

• I'm sorry or My bad

• It may be owed

• Palliative pronouncement

• Quarrel stopper, maybe

• Retraction

• Something often owed

• Something owed, maybe

• A poor example

• An expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone

• A formal written defense of something you believe in strongly