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apologize

[ uh-pol-uh-jahyz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

, a·pol·o·gized, a·pol·o·giz·ing.

to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury:
He apologized for accusing her falsely.
to make a formal defense in speech or writing.

apologize

/ əˈpɒləˌdʒaɪz /

First recorded in 1590–1600; apolog(y) + -ize

Before I could apologize to his mother he ran back out to the living room with a poster of his dad and opened it up for me to see.

In September 2005, Beebe wrote a letter to my home to apologize.

They have refused to apologize, which is all I have ever wanted.

You must atone, apologize, and beg forgiveness for the thousands of LGBT lives you have taken.

I was told they had removed my blog and that I must apologize for publishing it.

"I did not mean to speak unkindly, Michael," he stammered with a view to apologize.

"Always farouche, dear Miss Warrender, but I apologize," he continued as he gave her his arm.

She saw at once that he resented her leisurely way and her attempt at affability, and she hastened to apologize.

He drew her attention to a passage where he called upon Heaven to forbid that he should appear to apologize for so great a man.

Still holding the man, she made him get down on his knees on the curb to the girls and apologize.

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