non-apologyn.
/ˌnɒnəˈpɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌnɑnəˈpɑlədʒi/ A failure or refusal to apologize; (now frequently) a statement that takes the form of an apology but does not acknowledge responsibility or express regret for what has caused offence or upset; an insincere or unconvincing apology.
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1847 Railway Rec. 22 May 540/1 It happened, however, that the Company succeeded and so the jury were spared the trouble of estimating the ‘value of non-apology’.
1872 Manch. Weekly Times 17 Feb. Suppl. 49/2 My view of it rather better explains her sudden appearance and her non-apology.
1967 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 6 May 6/1 His apology..hardly could have done much good on public thinking as to senate skullduggery... It sounded like a classic non-apology.
1999 Economist 23 Jan. 17/1 After the president's televised non-apology about his conduct in the Lewinsky case, party members were moving fast away from him.
2011 New Yorker 15 Aug. 62/3 Her refusal to accept his non-apology made her look tough.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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