Apology” originated in Greek “apologia,” a speech in defense of an accusation, as when Socrates faced charges for impiety and ...

Longer Words Make Apologies Seem More Sincere: Study Apologies are often described as "cheap talk" - anyone can say they're sorry, regardless of how they actually feel.

One analysed real-world apologies, and one tested people's perceptions of apologies with words of different length and commonness. In the first study, I used apology tweets from X ...