public apology

collocation in English

meaningsofpublicandapology

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public
adjective
uk
/ˈpʌb.lɪk/us
/ˈpʌb.lɪk/
relating to or involving people in general, rather than being limited to a particular group ...
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apology
noun
uk
/əˈpɒl.ə.dʒi/us
/əˈpɑː.lə.dʒi/
an act of saying that you are sorry for something wrong you ...
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(Definition ofpublicandapologyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpublic apology

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When the trade unions subsequently took the public service broadcaster to a tribunal, it found against the broadcaster, which had to issue apublicapology.
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The matter was investigated under the normal redress of grievance procedures and resolved to the satisfaction of the victim by means of apublicapology.
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I very much hope that the borough council will make an equallypublicapologyfor what has occurred.
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Is he not, in all the circumstances, entitled to something in the nature of apublicapology?
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Have they insisted on apublicapologyand withdrawal?
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All those monstrous laws that we introduced were quite misguided, and we would now like to make apublicapologyfor them.
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The question of apublicapologyhas not been discussed.
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Will he promise, here and now, to give a full and unreservedpublicapologyif they turn out, when we publish our proposals in full, to be incorrect?
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Should there not be apublicapology?
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Terms of the settlement included an undisclosed payment and apublicapology.
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She later makes apublicapologyfor her actions.
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The writing was revised and nopublicapologywas made.
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Unsatisfied by the explanation, environmental groups called for apublicapology.
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He was given a 10-day suspension without pay for the incident, which he accepted after making apublicapology.
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It was not until 2008 that apublicapologywas made for those actions.
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The court found in favor of father and daughter, ordering the newspaper to pay them both damages and to print apublicapology.
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Both players were forced to make apublicapologyfor their actions.
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Esposito eventually won apublicapologyand $1 million.
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He received apublicapologyin 2001 along with $868,728 in compensation.
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