Definition for Apologize:

• To make an apology or excuse; to make acknowledgment of some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends; with for; as, my correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.

Synonyms for Apologize:

• n.

  •
  • give satisfaction,
  • withdraw,
  • express regret,
  • make it up to someone,
  • bow to,
  • excuse oneself,
  • make amends,
  • beat your breast,
  • ask pardon,
  • ask forgiveness,
  • wear sackcloth and ashes,
  • redeem yourself,
  • offer an excuse,
  • eat crow,
  • retract,
  • clear oneself,
  • put on/wear a hair shirt,
  • make reparations for,
  • make apology for,
  • make up,
  • offer compensation.
  •
  • maintain,
  • support,
  • stand up for,
  • stick up for,
  • speak up for.

• v.

  •apologize (verb)
  • confess,
  • plead,
  • defend,
  • answer.
  •atone (verb)
  • redeem oneself.
  •communication (verb)
  • apologize.
  •express remorse, regret (verb)
  • admit guilt,
  • cop out,
  • make reparations,
  • make up with,
  • get down on knees,
  • beg pardon,
  • cop a plea,
  • say one is sorry,
  • crawl,
  • offer excuse,
  • purge,
  • square.
  •regret (verb)
  • be wailing,
  • feeling sorry,
  • cries over,
  • was sorry for,
  • be-wailed,
  • has compunctions,
  • cried over spilled milk,
  • be-moan,
  • be wails,
  • am sorry for,
  • kicked oneself,
  • art sorry for,
  • haddest compunctions,
  • be moans,
  • weeping over,
  • hadst compunctions,
  • dis-approved,
  • be moaned,
  • wast disturbed,
  • was disturbed,
  • has qualms,
  • wert sorry for,
  • being disturbed,
  • dis-approve,
  • wast sorry for,
  • be-moans,
  • re-pines,
  • be moaning,
  • having compunctions,
  • be wailed,
  • having qualms,
  • dis-approves,
  • dis approve,
  • be-moaning,
  • re pines,
  • is disturbed,
  • dis-approving,
  • re pine,
  • feeling uneasy,
  • felt uneasy,
  • are sorry for,
  • kicking oneself,
  • be wail,
  • haddest qualms,
  • re-pine,
  • hast compunctions,
  • re-pining,
  • looks back,
  • be-wail,
  • be moan,
  • be-moaned,
  • had compunctions,
  • dis approves,
  • looked back,
  • feels sorry,
  • hadst qualms,
  • kicks oneself,
  • dis approved,
  • be-wails,
  • hath qualms,
  • feeling remorse,
  • crying over,
  • am disturbed,
  • wert disturbed,
  • re-pined,
  • cried over,
  • weeps over,
  • feels uneasy,
  • crying over spilled milk,
  • hath compunctions,
  • be-wailing,
  • were sorry for,
  • are disturbed,
  • dis approving,
  • re pined,
  • hast qualms,
  • cries over spilled milk,
  • were disturbed,
  • felt sorry,
  • had qualms.
  •repent (verb)
  • is ashamed,
  • shows penitence,
  • am contrite,
  • is contrite,
  • seeing error of ways,
  • wast contrite,
  • am ashamed,
  • wast sorry,
  • was ashamed,
  • showed penitence,
  • were ashamed,
  • sees error ways,
  • are sorry,
  • are contrite,
  • art sorry,
  • are ashamed,
  • reproached oneself,
  • re formed,
  • seeing error ways,
  • was sorry,
  • being ashamed,
  • wert ashamed,
  • was contrite,
  • showing penitence,
  • re-forms,
  • re forming,
  • reproaches oneself,
  • art contrite,
  • wast ashamed,
  • am sorry,
  • wert sorry,
  • were sorry,
  • saw error ways,
  • saw error of ways,
  • art ashamed,
  • were contrite,
  • re form,
  • Re-forming,
  • re forms,
  • being sorry,
  • see error ways,
  • wert contrite,
  • reproaching oneself,
  • is sorry,
  • being contrite,
  • sees error of ways.
  •vindicate (verb)
  • exonerate,
  • absolve,
  • dismiss,
  • mitigate,
  • forgive,
  • exculpate,
  • vindicate,
  • refute,
  • acquit,
  • pardon,
  • avenge,
  • clear.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • expiate,
  • make up to,
  • eat humble pie.
  •atone
  • take medicine,
  • do penance,
  • expiates,
  • setting off,
  • makes amends,
  • making amends,
  • paid one's dues,
  • make reparation,
  • made up for,
  • pay one's dues,
  • doing penance,
  • make up for,
  • offsetting,
  • pay dues,
  • made amends,
  • counter-balances,
  • out weigh,
  • make for,
  • set off,
  • take one's medicine,
  • counter-balance,
  • make redress,
  • made for,
  • redeemed,
  • making for.
  •regret
  • be sorry for,
  • mourn,
  • feel remorse,
  • have qualms,
  • weep over,
  • cry over spilled milk,
  • Regretted,
  • have compunctions,
  • cry over,
  • being sorry for,
  • wept over,
  • kick oneself,
  • feels remorse,
  • looking back,
  • look back,
  • be disturbed,
  • is sorry for,
  • feel uneasy,
  • feel sorry,
  • repine,
  • felt remorse.

Paraphrases for Apologize:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    apologizes.
  • Interjection
    apologise.
  • Verb, past tense
    apologised, apologise.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    apologise.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    apologises.
  • Verb, base form
    apologise.

• Independent

  • Noun, plural
    rationales, pardons, justifications, pretexts.
  • Verb, past tense
    lied.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    disculpo.
  • Verb, base form
    pardon, atone, condone, absolve.

• Other Related

  • Noun, plural
    Apologies, excuses.
  • Interjection
    excuses.
  • Verb, base form
    forgive.

Antonyms for Apologize:

• v.

  • express remorse, regret
    defy.

Apologize Sentence Examples:

• Will you let me apologize then, at least, before you go?

• Very early in the morning, all the town officials, except the presidente, came to apologize for the occurrence of the night.

Homophones for Apologize:

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