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apologize English

Meaning apologize meaning

What does apologize mean?
Definitions in simple English

apologize Verb

— If you apologize, then you say you are sorry. He apologized because he had accidentally bumped into someone.

apologize

— verb (= apologise) acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing I apologized for being late He apologized for the many typoes — verb (= excuse, rationalize, rationalise) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior he rationalized his lack of success

Synonyms apologize synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as apologize?

apologize English » English

apologise excuse ask for forgiveness make an apology pardon make excuses make amends beg pardon repent rationalize rationalise justify confess beg your pardon beg forgiveness ask pardon worship show appreciation remit redress propitiate praise pardon me make peace hire forgive express one’s regret expiate excuse oneself excuse me exculpate conciliate compromise blame ask forgiveness ask for pardon

Topics apologize topics

What do people use apologize to talk about?
Social behavior Law Trial

Defend against accusation
Social behavior Conflict Peace

Repent
Social behavior Conflict Peace Make peace

Stop fighting

Conjugation apologize conjugation

How do you conjugate apologize?

apologize · verb

Examples apologize examples

How do I use apologize in a sentence?

Simple sentences

You should apologize.
There is nothing to apologize for.
You should apologize to Tom for being late.
I wanted to apologize for yesterday.
Sorry to bother you. I have just come to apologize.
He didn't even apologize.
I need to find him and apologize to him before he dies.
I haven't come to apologize.
I think that you ought to apologize to her.
You must apologize to her, and that at once.
All you have to do is apologize for being late.
You should apologize to Dad for not coming home in time for supper.
I must apologize to you for breaking the vase.
I apologize if I hurt your feelings.
You had better apologize to him for that failure in some way or other.
You are to apologize to her for it.
Mary is too stubborn to apologize.

Movie subtitles

Should I apologize to you in my mother's stead?
Apologize! Apologize!
Yeah, I'd like to apologize for that.
I'll take him and apologize for both of them.
I wanted to apologize for what I did.
You got yourselves in trouble. You misbehaved and now you need to apologize.
Well, Uncle Ray says Wyatts don't apologize.
Well, Elizabeth Thatcher says that you will apologize, and until you do, you're going to sit in the back of the classroom.
It's very sweet that you came to me, but there's no reason to apologize.
I apologize for your disappointment.
Look, I want to apologize.
Ladies and gentlemen, I apologize for the slight delay.
I'll go and apologize.
Apologize to the class.
So you're not even going to pretend to apologize?
There's no need for you to apologize.
Oh, no. I should apologize.
As I've amused you both so much perhaps I need not apologize.
I really can't apologize enough for him.
And I've come to apologize because I was mistaken.
But I had to drop in and apologize for my silly mistake.
I think it's only fair to apologize to Dubois.
Be careful you don't have to apologize again, Dubois.
If there was a snake here I'd apologize.
I was just gonna try and make things better, and, like, apologize, and just wanted to let her know that I didn't, you know, I didn't want to screw anything up or make anything awkward for her.
We must apologize to the Lieutenant, and tell him that he may remain here.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO APOLOGIZE.
MY DEAR SIR, IF YOU ARE, I'LL APOLOGIZE TO YOU AS CHARMINGLY AS YOU DID TO ME.
MY DEAR GUERCHARD, I CAN'T APOLOGIZE SUFFICIENTLY.
I want you to go out and apologize. immediately.
Oh, I must apologize for entering unannounced, but if I am not mistaken, Madame Colet?
I apologize for having left you behind yesterday.
I must apologize again for coming and disturbing you at this late hour.
I've come to apologize and say good-bye with a tune.

News and current affairs

It is to be hoped that it will not be overshadowed by calls in Congress for Japan to apologize more formally than it already has for the comfort women.
Bush did not apologize for the attack, nor did he reprimand those who ordered it.
Britain's Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke recently had to apologize for saying that some rapes were less serious than others, implying the need for legal discrimination.
The IRGC prisoners in Iraq were released, but Britain did not apologize or admit wrong-doing in return.
Israel should apologize and make amends.
Hamas must withdraw its armed men from all security headquarters they occupied, return power to the legitimate authority, and apologize to the Palestinian people.
He stuck to this position throughout his electoral campaign, refusing the demands of hard-line Palestinian factions that he apologize for his previous statements.
Democracies make shameful mistakes, but they eventually correct them, or at least apologize for them.
It also explains why journalists in those countries have so often bent over backwards to apologize for individual transgressions, rather than stand in defiance.
No one should presume that European Muslims must apologize or explain the actions of a terrorist organization with a cult-like religious ideology, just as no one expected Norwegians to apologize for Breivik.
We did not apologize for an independent newspaper's editorial decisions, despite great pressure from Muslim groups and governments.
In this particular case, we must even apologize to those who openly loathe us and our state.
From the Chinese perspective, of course, the blame falls on the Japanese government for its reluctance to apologize for the crimes Japan committed in WW II.
After the recent landmine blasts, by contrast, President Park Geun-hye would not back down from her demands that the North, which denied planting the mines, apologize.
Yet few reflect and apologize.
I do not apologize for rejecting knee-jerk calls for Russia's expulsion from the G-8, or for EU-Russia or NATO-Russia relations to be broken.

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