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  2. Apology (act) - Wikipedia

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    Non-apology apology: a statement that looks like an apology but does not express remorse. Insincere apology: a statement that expresses remorse that is not felt. [2] This may be pro forma apology, such as a routine letter from a large business that expresses regret that a small order was not satisfactory in some respect. In such a case, the ...

  3. Remorse - Wikipedia

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    Remorse is a distressing emotion experienced by an individual who regrets actions which they have done in the past [1] that they deem to be shameful, hurtful, or wrong. Remorse is closely allied to guilt and self-directed resentment. When a person regrets an earlier action or failure to act, it may be because of remorse or in response to ...

  4. Non-apology apology - Wikipedia

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    While the non-apology apology is clearly unsuited to situations where an expression of remorse, contrition, and future change are obviously desirable (e.g. the "happy ending" apology), it may prove extremely useful in situations where little can be done to assuage the apparent offence or prevent its repetition, as when an airline apologises for ...

  5. Wikipedia:Apology - Wikipedia

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    At its best, an apology is an expression of sincere personal remorse for one's own actions, rather than a form of inflammatory rhetoric or empty emotional coercion. A non-apology apology, on the other hand, is seen as a way of qualifying, or even avoiding, a "real" apology, and may even be used as the opportunity for yet another veiled insult.

  6. Opinion - The Trump majority may soon feel buyers’ remorse

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    The 2024 election results suggest that the Trump majority may soon have cause for second thoughts, as the proposed tax cuts and tariffs could lead to increased inflation and worker shortages ...

  7. Regret - Wikipedia

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    Regret has been defined by psychologists in the late 1990s as a "negative emotion predicated on an upward, self-focused, counterfactual inference". [1] Another definition is "an aversive emotional state elicited by a discrepancy in the outcome values of chosen vs. unchosen actions".

  8. All Those Presidential Pardons Give Mercy a Bad Name - AOL

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    But usually there are preconditions for gaining forgiveness: admitting guilt, expressing remorse, making amends. It flies in the face of our instinct for justice that people can be let off the ...

  9. Repentance - Wikipedia

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    [6] [7] [8] It is the act of leaving what God has prohibited and returning to what he has commanded. The word denotes the act of being repentant for one's misdeeds, atoning for those misdeeds, and having a strong determination to forsake those misdeeds (remorse, resolution, and repentance).