as in to confess
to express regret for doing or saying something wrong
I want to apologize to you for my rude behavior yesterday. We apologize for the mistake and promise that it won't happen again.
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Recent Examples of apologize
Rosie O’Donnell, the liberal actress and comic, apologized on social media Sunday after falsely claiming the Minneapolis Catholic church school shooter was a MAGA supporter, a Republican and a White supremacist.
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Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The two embrace in their bedroom and apologize.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
The conversation ended with a conciliatory bumping of fists, a resolution Stearns referenced when taking to social media to explain that Kalinskaya had not seen her apologize after striking several forehand shots towards the Russian.
—Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
Ostapenko was upset that Townsend did not apologize after a net cord point won by the American.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The two embrace in their bedroom and apologize.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
The conversation ended with a conciliatory bumping of fists, a resolution Stearns referenced when taking to social media to explain that Kalinskaya had not seen her apologize after striking several forehand shots towards the Russian.
—Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
Ostapenko was upset that Townsend did not apologize after a net cord point won by the American.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apologize
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The doctors here have every modern medicament, but candidly confessed that the answer to the malady is beyond them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Aug. 2025
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Manager Dave Roberts confessed that the sweep was more than just a little bit cathartic for the Dodgers, coming out of their previous rough patch.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025
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This doesn’t mean excusing harmful behavior.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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The Lawrence County School System has adjusted its controversial attendance policy which previously barred students from using doctor's notes to excuse absences.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
28 Aug. 2025
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Marshall, who had represented the government in hundreds of desegregation cases over five decades, tried to explain that closing the case required a motion by the school district to lift the order, which the Justice Department could support or oppose, and review by a federal judge.—
Peter Elkind,
ProPublica,
27 Aug. 2025
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Elena Kagan says the majority should explain.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
27 Aug. 2025
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Businesses can and should use catastrophe models themselves to establish baseline risk profiles, stress-test scenarios, quantify protection gaps, and justify resilience investments.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Some are too flashy, while others look too plain to justify the price tag.—
Amina Ayoud,
Glamour,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Apologize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apologize. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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