Acknowlogy

The combination of acknowledgment and an apology.

The highest form of an apology, when you acknowledge wrong doing and also say you are sorry.

Clint would not give his neighbor an acknowlogy even though she felt she deserved one.

by MrWordsmith January 6, 2015

Acknowlogize

Or "Acknowlogy"

When one doesn't actually apologize. Instead, they acknowledge that they have done wrong without actually saying sorry. Or someone trying to make you laugh after they realized they upset your feelings. They know they made a mistake, but use jokes and/or gifts as a way of saying sorry.

"Rather than my husband saying sorry, he acknowlogized by giving me flowers instead"

by JWelsby June 6, 2016