Related Words for apologize

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WordSyllablesCategories
apologise
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Verb, Verb
excuse
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Verb, Verb, Noun
justify
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Noun, Verb
rationalize
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Verb, Verb
apologies
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Noun
sorry
/x
Adjective
apologised
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Verb
offended
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Verb
forgive
x/
Verb
reiterate
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Verb
insulted
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Verb
embarrassed
x/x
Verb
criticize
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Verb
regret
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Noun
clarify
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Verb
admit
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Verb
acknowledge
x/x
Verb
chastise
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Verb
confess
x/
Verb
sympathize
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Verb
annoyed
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Verb
appreciate
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Verb
ashamed
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Adjective
apologetic
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Adjective
implore
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Verb
overreacted
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Verb
upset
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Noun
miffed
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Verb
applaud
x/
Verb
sincerely
x/x
Adverb
reprimanded
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Verb
thank
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Verb
scold
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Verb
congratulate
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Verb
mistake
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Noun
speak
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Verb
blame
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Noun
hesitate
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Verb
inexcusable
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Adjective
realize
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Verb
condemn
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Verb
know
/
Verb
admonish
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Verb
retract
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Verb
complain
x/
Verb
asking
/x
Verb
rectify
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Verb
irked
/
Verb
remind
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Verb
repent
x/
Verb
understand
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Verb
regretfully
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Adverb
misunderstanding
xxx/x
Noun
disappointed
xx/x
Verb
mortified
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Verb
explain
x/
Verb
enraged
x/
Adjective
warn
/
Verb
misinterpreted
xx/xx
Verb
remark
x/
Noun
pardon
/x
Noun
plead
/
Verb
fess up
//
Phrase, Verb
reproach
x/
Noun
forgive and forget
x///x
Phrase, Verb
oops
/
Noun
grovel
/x
Verb
redeem
x/
Verb
answer
/x
Noun
condone
x/
Verb
fault
/
Noun
lament
x/
Noun
atone
x/
Noun
guilt
/
Noun
walk back
//
Phrase, Verb
absolve
x/
Verb
remit
x/
Noun
feel sorry for
//x/
Phrase, Verb
reprove
x/
Verb
give up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
accuse
x/
Verb
deplore
x/
Verb
disclaimer
x/x
Noun
intercede
xx/
Verb
grieve
/
Noun
fess
/
Noun
incriminate
x/xx
Verb
dispense
x/
Verb
disavow
xx/
Verb
let off
//
Phrase, Verb
break down
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
disclaim
x/
Verb
screw up
//
Phrase, Verb
patronize
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Verb
make way
//
Phrase, Verb
acquit
x/
Verb
forsake
x/
Verb
mourn
/
Verb
resign
x/
Verb
gloss over
//x
Phrase, Verb
revenge
x/
Noun
exonerate
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Verb
forfeit
/x
Verb
pity
/x
Noun
sigh
/
Noun
perpetrate
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Verb
recant
x/
Verb
take exception
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
live to regret
//x/
Phrase, Verb
remonstrate
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Verb
give over
//x
Phrase, Verb
succumb
x/
Verb
repudiate
x/xx
Verb
salve
/
Noun
abjure
//
Verb
strike back
//
Phrase, Verb
retaliate
x/xx
Verb
let down
//
Phrase, Verb
entreat
x/
Verb
renounce
x/
Verb
fall
/
Noun
slip
/
Noun
shame
/
Noun
rudeness
/x
Noun
inconvenience
xx/x
Noun
tardiness
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Noun
lateness
/x
Noun
omissions
x/x
Noun
poodles
/x
Noun
thoughtlessness
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Noun
intruding
x/x
Verb
profusely
x/x
Adverb
barging
/x
Verb
intrusion
x/x
Noun
abruptness
x/x
Noun
clumsiness
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Noun
outburst
/x
Noun
sodom
/x
Name
humbly
/x
Adverb
misdeeds
x/
Noun
digression
x/x
Noun
inaccuracies
x/xxx
Noun
indiscretion
xx/x
Noun
misbehavior
xx/x
Noun
advance
x/
Noun
armour
/x
Noun, Verb
believe
x/
Verb
built
/
Adjective, Noun
color
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cooking
/x
Noun, Adjective
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
english
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Name, Adjective, Verb
express
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
intellectual
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
jails
/
Noun
lookouts
/x
Noun, Verb
materiel
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Noun
mexican
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Adjective, Name
mitigate
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Verb
money
/x
Noun, Adjective
national
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Name, Adjective
original
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Adjective, Noun
platoon
x/
Noun, Verb
put
/
Verb, Noun
representative
xx/xx
Noun, Adjective
soccer
/x
Noun, Verb
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
save
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
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Adverb