apologize
verb (used without object)
to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury.
apologizer
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a word derived from
apologize.
Example Sentences
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Over-apologizing can sometimes be almost as bad as under-apologizing, because it puts pressure on the recipient to make the apologizer feel better, and that’s the thing you want to avoid here.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2019
“Apology-washing changes no one, neither the apologizer nor the recipient, because the act regurgitates a social norm rather than launching an emotional process,” Mr. Seidman told me.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2014
An authentic apology feels extremely uncomfortable and even painful to the apologizer.
From Time ● May 21, 2013
You can argue that those actions were necessary and justified, but you can’t say they were the work of an apologizer.
From Newsweek ● Sep. 12, 2012
The conundrum for the offended: How much difference is there, really, between the offender and the subsequent apologizer?
From Washington Post
