Synonyms:
apologize, apologise
Meaning: acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing; "I apologized for being late"; "He apologized for the many typoes"
Usage examples
Do not apologize.
Pray don't apologize
"Boys," he said, "I apologize."
I apologize for my recent remarks.
She noted that he did not apologize for it, as Kennicott would have done.
"I did, and I apologize for entering here, but I am interested in airships, and I thought you might want to hire a pilot.
I was too much taken by surprise to apologize for my trees, but felt reproached; unwittingly I had destroyed the old captain's choicest pleasure.
"Mr. Mangasarian," says Dr. Barton, "has not given evidence of his skill as a logician or of his accuracy in the use of history." Then he proceeds to apologize, in a way, for the character of his reply to our argument, by saying that "Mr.