Synonyms of apologies

apologies

noun

plural of apology

as in excuses

an explanation that frees one from fault or blame

her standard apology for her chronic tardiness is the ever-present congestion on the highways

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excuses
• justifications
• reasons
• pleas
• alibis
• defenses
• rationalizations
• rationales
• pretexts
• confessions
• outs
• vindications
• acknowledgments
• pretenses
• cop-outs
• colors
• atonements
• whitewashes
• guises
• extenuations
• palliations

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of apologies

The week brought a lockdown, board member apologies, new accountability grades and a fresh instructional model aimed at turning around low-performing campuses. — Star-Telegram Staff. Produced With Ai Assistance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Aug. 2026

Melvin then tried walking out of the door, crouching down to continue his apologies in the frame. — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026

With apologies to Shelley, maybe designers are the unacknowledged poets of the world. — Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026

With apologies to Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, Tom Holland is our greatest teenage Spider-Man. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 31 July 2026

For more than a decade, Charli XCX was a secret weapon, a brazen experimentalist, a raw diarist, and (apologies to Chappell Roan) your favorite artist’s favorite artist. — Caryn Ganz, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2026

Being asked to name my favorite book of all time feels like way too much pressure (apologies to the asker, this newsletter’s editor). — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 15 July 2026

Her rebuke comes as Caribbean leaders meet under the Caricom bloc and launch a new slavery reparations manifesto, pressing Britain for apologies, debt cancellation and other measures long resisted in London. — Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

With apologies to Orwell, the prospect of a painful illness fills me with less dread than a blank page. — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026