Apa-lapana, am, n. or apa-lāpa, as, m. denial or concealment of knowledge, evasion, turning off the truth, detraction; concealing, hiding; affection, regard; (in medic.) the part between the shoulder and the ribs. —Apalāpa-daṇḍa, as, m. (in law) a fine laid on one who denies his conviction.